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From: cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Re: MAIL ORDERS  (Priority-1)
Message-ID: <569@intelca.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-May-85 11:39:13 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  8 11:39:13 1985
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> In article <10307@brl-tgr.ARPA> brake@ari-hq1.ARPA writes:
> >
> >I made the mistake last February of thinking that I could 
> >place a mail order for a floppy disk drive and receive 
> >the new drive in a reasonable time.
> . . .
> >This has been my third order (and last) with P1E and they
> >are batting 3 for 3...
> >
> >Dennis [BRAKE@ARI-HQ1]
> >------
> 
> Quite agree.  I got the same kind of crap from TallTree.  I
> ordered two 1.2meg floppy drives and a controller (for IBMPC).
> MANY weeks later the package arrives and I find one drive and
> a Y-connector missing.  The invoice listed one drive, but billed
> for two....
> ... 
> (etc, etc)  FINALLY they agreed, but I'm really annoyed at how
> much it took to get them to make good on the original sale.
> 
> The point:   DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A RELIABLE MAIL-ORDER VENDOR??
> Robert Wilhite

I have dealt with several mail order companies and the best for
equipment seems to be Priority-1 electronics. After ordering 
their Z-150 with the 15Meg Hard disk they called me back and said
they were temporarily out of hard disks but would have them within
the week. I told them to go ahead and send the rest of the hardware
and when the harddisk arrived I would put it in myself. They agreed
and sent the system, and enough ram chips to max out the mother 
board memory (192K -> 320K) for free. Followed exactly one week
later by the Hard drive delivered UPS second day air with no postage
charge to me. I was quite impressed. So for what its worth, an
upbeat note on mailorder places.

--Chuck

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