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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Group-purchase of PMMUs is apparently defunct
Message-ID: <1990Jan18.151027.6065@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 18 Jan 90 15:10:27 GMT
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Reply-To: dce@Sony.COM (David Elliott)
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In article <44837@improper.coherent.com> dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt) writes:
>To those of you who had been wondering what was happening with the
>group-purchase of 68881 PMMU chips being arranged by some guys at
>Claremont Colleges... the deal has apparently fallen through.  I got my
>un-cashed check back in today's mail, with no explanation.

I can give a little insight into this.

Last September, I was in the throes of moving, and when I got settled
into my new job, I found a mail message from Tad Blakeley saying that
some of us had sent checks made out incorrectly and needed to send
them again.  I sent mine in, and tried to contact Tad via email, but
never got a reply.

Back in October (a couple of days after the quake), I got Tad on the
phone, and he said that he was planning to send in the order in another
week or so.

As the year wore on, I sent more email and even posted a note, but the
only reply I ever got was from Dave Platt, who was also wondering
what happened.

Around December 15, I finally caught up with Tad by phone.  His response
was basically that he had not made the order, was in the middle of
finals, and did not know if the order would be sent in any time soon.

By this time, PMMU prices were down to around $150, so I asked for my
check back, and he agreed.  I decided to wait until I saw it before
saying anything on the net.  It appears that everyone is getting their
money back.

I'm glad that's over.  I've had a bank account in Colorado that I
haven't been able to close waiting for that damn check to clear.

-- 
David Elliott
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