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From: cafe@cbnewse.att.com (richard.dib)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Businessland Deal Screwup. SHORT ONE!
Keywords: Businessland screw up, LONG
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.214202.4429@cbnewse.att.com>
Date: 7 Mar 91 21:42:02 GMT
References: <1991Mar6.013252.11513@athena.mit.edu> <1991Mar6.082851.14374@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu>
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I have a 030 cube at home that I bought from Businessland in their first
demo sales.  No missing parts, nothing wrong with it.  The machine is
in perfect conditions and I have to admit that it looks like a new machine
instead of a demo.

So, I decided to buy another cube for my office (work) in this lattest 
demo sale.  The serial port was broken, the OD drive turns off and on
while I am using the machine.  The Monitor just broke and it does not
light up ( I can't see a thing!).  I only used this machine for ONE
day.  I DONT care about the T-shirt, the tool to open the machine or
the documentation.  I was just expecting a machine that WORKS.  I don't 
think there is ANY satisfactory explanation of why they shipped a machine
that was under those conditions.

Today I took it to BusinessLand (here in Chicago) to repair. 
Lets see how long it takes.

Thought you would like to know about this ...

Richard Dib
AT&T BL


PS  I do not have any conficts with Norm.  I know that it is not his 
    fault. It is the fault of the person that inspected this machine
    and said that it was in good conditions.