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From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Dealers (Re: ftp.apple.com STILL down?)
Message-ID: <1991May21.214232.5155@pmafire.inel.gov>
Date: 21 May 91 21:42:32 GMT
References: <1991May15.150616.1235@njitgw.njit.edu> <19413@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <52926@apple.Apple.COM>
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Organization: WINCO Computer Engineering, INEL, Idaho
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chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach, only here for the beer) writes:
>o Find a new dealer -- suppor those that are good, ignore those that aren't.
>  Sometimes this is inconvenient -- driving 25 minutes instead of 5, maybe
>  paying a few more dollars because dealers who also support users can't cut
>  prices quite as much (support takes time and money). 

Heh, heh.  I'd *love* to only drive 25 minutes for a good Apple dealer. 
I currently drive 55 miles to get to a good Apple dealer.  There's a
ComputerLand that's 3 miles away that *claims* to be an Apple dealer,
but don't you believe it!  Those guys wouldn't recognize a Macintosh if
it walked into their store and introduced itself.

You'd better believe that those guys aren't ever going to get *close* to
my SE for repairs.

The worst thing is that they don't care.  They don't see any profit in
Apple stuff and think DOS is the only thing that makes money.  I wish
they'd just go ahead and quit claiming to be an Apple dealer.

Ahh, I feel better having vented that frustration.  Thanks for listening
to those of you still with me.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled flame war.

-- 
Geoff Allen          \  What's the difference between a garden slug and
uunet!pmafire!geoff   \   a two-inch long, living booger?
geoff@pmafire.inel.gov \                    -- Calvin