Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!cbnewsk!cbnewsj!ralph From: ralph@cbnewsj.att.com (Ralph Brandi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Mail Order horror/hero stories Message-ID: <1991May1.145410.24870@cbnewsj.att.com> Date: 1 May 91 14:54:10 GMT References: <17360@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> <1991Apr29.173121.12990@cbnewsj.att.com> Distribution: usa Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Middletown, New Jersey Lines: 25 In article francis@wolfman.cis.ohio-state.edu (RD Francis) writes: >While I, too, normally go with MacConnection before MacWarehouse, that >"advance advertising" isn't always a bad thing. If you go ahead and >order the advance item (at least on the occasion when I did this), >they'll ship it when it comes out, and will ship the rest of your >order immediately. you'll only get charged for one shipment (saving >$3) and will be one of the first people to get it once they do have I can understand this when the program's supposed to be out in a week or two, but *6 months*? That's how long they've been advertising MacGlobe in their catalog. It's not supposed to be out until July. If it had been in once, and then the date slipped, so they pulled it, I would understand that, too. But the product has been shown all this time, despite the clear understanding that it isn't out, and won't be for months. I don't particularly care for the ethics behind that. In all fairness, my father has never had any problems in his dealings with MacWarehouse. I haven't bothered because I've been so pleased with MacConnection, except for this one time. -- Ralph Brandi ralph@mtunq.att.com att!mtunq!ralph R.I.P. Radio Canada International 1942-1991