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From: oliver@vangogh.cs.unc.edu (Bill Oliver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore gets serious?  You judge.
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Date: 31 Aug 90 16:52:03 GMT
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In article <15500060@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lhummel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>
>"IF ANY CUSTOMER BRINGS A MACHINE IN WITH A WARRANTY SEAL BROKEN OR TAMPERED
>WITH, THE MACHINE IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY."
>
>Bottom line: If you buy a machine and want to expand the memory INSIDE the
>unit [note: this only is referring to the products listed above, not the A2000
>or A3000 - Lionel], GO TO YOUR DEALER!!!  If you do it, and the machine breaks
>within that first year, you just paid for the repair bill!!  BUYER BEWARE!
>



That really sucks.  My closest Amiga dealer (DIGITZ, in Raleigh, NC) not
only has an extremely bad attitude towards its customers -- one of the
managers made agressive, sexist remarks towards my wife in the store's
parking lot -- but charges  ** $45.00 ** minimum just to open a box, and
then charges an exorbitant fee to actually do something.

If they apply this policy to my machine, I'm throwing the thing
out the window and buying a Mac.  If I want to add a memory board 
to my Amiga, I have to drive an hour to Raleigh to pay outrageous 
prices to people who treat me and my family like shit or else void 
my warranty?  

Great.  

I like my Amiga, but I don't think I should be punished for it.
Owning this machine doesn't seem to be worth the hassle, sometimes.



Bill Oliver