Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!csuchico.edu!ekrimen From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Just gripin'... Message-ID: <1990Nov29.221607.10686@ecst.csuchico.edu> Date: 29 Nov 90 22:16:07 GMT References: <249@stbimbo.UUCP> Sender: news@ecst.csuchico.edu (USENET) Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 35 mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) writes: - The ST is dying. If you want virtually anything for it, you'll have - to mail order it. Living in a big city does help, however. J&R Music - World in New York (I live in NJ, when I'm not in college in - Pittsburgh) is one of the few major stores I've seen that still - support the ST... although even their support is dying, the software - section is 1/3 the size it was 3 years ago and the hardware section - has all but disappeared. I don't understand this. Do people actually waste time looking for places that *don't* support the ST as opposed to places that do? Why waste your time with J&R Music World? Yes, I know what it's like not to have a local dealer for 9 months out of the year. Pick a dealer that is as local as possible, that gives a reasonable amount of support, and that looks like he's going to be around for a while and help and support him. Bitching about J&R isn't going to do anything 'cause they have other things on their minds besides the ST; they have other merchandise to support them and the ST isn't their main concern. (WARNING. Tearful success story follows. ;^) I bought an Omniswitch in San Francisco before I returned to school (3 hours away) only to find out that it may be damaged. I called the dealer and told him about it. He's sending me another one. When I receive it, I will send the bad one back. Find a dealer that does stuff like this and support him. Buy stuff from him. If you like his service, tell other ST users about it. -- Ed Krimen ............................................... ||| Video Production Major, California State University, Chico ||| INTERNET: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu FREENET: al661 / | \ SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261 FIDONET: 1:119/4.0