Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu!hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu!smsmith From: smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Good Mail Order Company Summary: My experience with EPS... Keywords: EPS, 386, Mail Order Message-ID: <5587@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 11 Oct 90 20:11:04 GMT References: <7813@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Sender: news@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University (IRCC) Lines: 60 In article <7813@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> lasky@iris.ucdavis.EDU (Ty Lasky) writes: >I just wanted to let the group know about what I feel is a very good >mail order company. > >I just bought a 386/33 MHz machine from a company called EPS. >They advertise in PC magazine sometimes. The total cost of the system >was $4000. The thing that attracted me to EPS was that they tell you >exactly what components you will be getting in your system, unlike >other mail order companies...[edited] > >There is a good reason that EPS is willing to tell you what will be in >your system: they use some of the best components available >throughout the entire system. > > [specifics on system edited] > >Ty A. Lasky >University of California, Davis The above posting is very timely. I have spent about 4 months intensively looking at various mail order companies--comparing them, writing out their specs and calling them with questions, asking for them to send me more material, reading numerous reviews on various hardware components and looking for those mail order companies that included them in their packages, reading old issues of PC Magazine, Computer Shopper, Byte, etc. to get a feel for the track record of different companies, etc., etc... I have learned a great deal not only about the companies but about good PC packages/systems as a whole. The reason I am posting this is that I too have narrowed my choice to EPS Technologies. They seem to be the only mail order company which WANTS to be upfront about EVERYTHING that goes into their systems. And, they are the only company which sent me material of any depth about their components. I talked with Bob Goin, a rep for the company (via their 1-800 number) and he sent me about 20 pages worth of materials--not a simple general packet of info with nice pictures showing how nice their building looks like you get from some of the other companies-- but a detailed packet of reviews and specs for each piece of hardware. My interest has been mainly in the 386-33, so I have to admit that I am very narrowly focused as far as comparisons go. But it is GREAT to see someone volunteer a good review of EPS. I was just going to post a note asking Netlanders if they had had any experience with EPS before I put down $4000 toward a system, too. I do not represent anybody but myself (my own disclaimer). And I do not want to clutter the group news with a debate on which is the best company. If, however, you have had personal experience with EPS (good or bad) please Email me and if there are enough responses I will post a summary. (Also, Ultra-Comp has impressed me, so I would appreciate any advice about them.) Thanks a bunch, S. Smith