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From: eboltz@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Eric Scott Boltz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Flame: NeXT "3 week delivery"
Message-ID: <7931@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 8 Apr 91 12:22:44 GMT
References: <1991Apr8.034045.19207@milton.u.washington.edu>
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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Hi,
I really do sympathize with all those who are having trouble getting
their hardware from NeXT. I would like to point out a couple things
though. 

1) Some edu resellers DO NOT place your order when they get it. U of MD, 
for instance will sit on orders until they reach some predetermined 
number which lowers their cost per unit from NeXT.

2) Three to four weeks was the quote on my 040 upgrade from NeXT. It 
took only two and a half weeks.

I have found that most of my problems arise in the school dealer-to-NeXT 
area. Whenever I have dealt directly with NeXT they have bent over 
backwards for us. Maybe we have a more dedicated rep., or maybe it's 
because Hopkins doesn't have their own reseller. Who knows.

Eric