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From: dorl@uwmacc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: DEC's new prices and one year warranty
Message-ID: <1223@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Mar-87 21:48:50 EST
Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1223
Posted: Wed Mar 11 21:48:50 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Mar-87 00:39:06 EST
Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center
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I was happy to read that DEC is now providing one year's maintenance
with most equipment starting 3/2/87.  It occurred to me that
I had ordered 10 DEBETs in late February;  I asked my DEC salesman
to check to see if these qualified for the new maintenance.  He told
me that they didn't.  He also mentioned that the price of the
DEBETs had increased by, would you believe the coincidence, one year's
maintenance.  Now I've seen some pretty slick sales practices described
in the usenet news but this tops many of them!  Seems to me that I no
longer have the option of getting the first year's maintenance.  In
addition, I used to get the first 90 days of maintenance bundled into
the installation cost; I suppose this is gone now that I get one year's
maintenance with the product.

I've never felt my postings needed a disclaimer but I suppose I ought to
say these are my own ramblings and do not represent the position of my
employer.