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From: rsvp@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (R. Scott V. Paterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SimCity RipOff
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Date: 30 Nov 89 19:51:40 GMT
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In article <111900101@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> sapg0386@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>At 40 bucks I expect to get a little more than this.
>
>I am going to see if I can get my money back.  But I think anyone that 
>tries to sell this kind of crap (the developer and the retailer both)
>should be legally barred from the software business.  No one would
>tolerate this behavior in an appliance or a car or a house or just about
>any other retail item.  A lot of kids are going to 
>be disappointed on christmas morning.
>
>So buyer beware, at least one company out there is charging big bucks
>for nothing more than a diskette in a box.


This is one of the most ridiculous postings I have ever read.  You
obviously received a bad disk which could be quickly remedied by
returning it to the store where you bought it.  Realize that SimCity
is copy protected and the behavior you describe occurs with any illegal
copy of the program.  You must have the original disk.  Furthermore, to
label the company as charging big bucks for nothing more than a diskette
in a box is an unfounded and only displays your blind anger - stupidity.
You obviously have done nothing about the situation other than to
release your frustrations with a posting to the world.

Maxis software is one of the finest companies I have ever dealt with.
After having lost my SimCity disk on a drive cross country, I simply
mailed them a letter with a photocopy of my filled out registration card
asking them how I could get another disk and they responded by sending my
a brand new and updated version of their game, which is, by the way, one
of the best games/simulators I have ever seen for the mac.

Contrary to your ignorant statement, any mac person that receives SimCity
for Christmas or any other holiday will be more delighted than the gift
giver could have hoped.

No defective product is tolerated, but we have all experienced a defective
product in our lifetimes.  You have actions that you can take.  Why don't
you use your head instead of your fingers.  GO BACK TO THE STORE AND GET
A REPLACEMENT.  I'll bet they will replace it w/o a second thought.

An inconvenience?  Yes, but I'm afraid taking legal action to bar the
retailer and developer for the malfuntion of this disk would be like taking
legal action to bar you from the net for the malfunction of your brain.

Respectfully,

R. Scott V. Paterson
System Operator
Kiewit Computational Center
Dartmouth College
rsvp@dartmouth.edu