Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!dali!milton!yjkim
From: yjkim@milton.acs.washington.edu (Yong Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 Computers
Summary: It's worth the wait!
Message-ID: <2738@milton.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 90 18:06:00 GMT
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> helpful. However, he has been unable to provide me with
> a computer.  I ordered the standard 386sx, color vga, 65megg
> drive, 2 meg ram, computer, 4 weeks ago and was told today that it will
> be another two weeks before I receive the computer. I hope its
> worth the wait.

The salesman I contacted (Oh, I tried to talk any of their salesmen,
but after 5 phone calls, I yelled) was not that polite.  I tried to
reach him again later only to find that "He is off today" or "He is
with another customer".  From many promised callbacks, I got just only
one from the supervisor of the salesman I talked to.  Their
salespeople do not seem to be great.  But I can say that their
computers are, as the numerous people in this net have said, good.
Their quality control looks reasonable and most of their peripherals
are well-known brand.  My guess is that Gateway 2000 is overloaded but
tries to keep their quality control tight, while it costs the
customers' waiting time.  For some who can endure this humiliating
process, it's worth the wait.  For others (with extra cash), they can
go to other mail-order houses.