Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!think!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!BBNCC-EUR.ARPA!kdale From: kdale@BBNCC-EUR.ARPA (Keith Dale) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: S & S Wholesalers BEWARE! Message-ID: <8705191556.AA08609@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 19-May-87 11:56:57 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8705191556.AA08609 Posted: Tue May 19 11:56:57 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 20-May-87 05:35:50 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 30 The saga (nightmare) concludes.....sorta. Some of you might remember my flame-o-gram of a couple of months ago recounting my problems with getting a PC system (brand irrelevant) from S & S Wholesalers out of Miami Beach, FL. In short, I ordered a new system, same day mailing (as advertised), with the latest OS release. I got a refurbished CPU, old software, and a broken monitor - all mailed 2 weeks after the order, sent by 3rd class U.S. Mail that took a month to get to me. (I won't mention that I was overcharged, but was charged promptly.) I returned everything to them for replacement - two months later I received a CPU whose box had been opened with no software, followed a week later (today) by the monitor (packed in the same box in which I sent the broken one back, hole and all) and the software. I haven't tested the monitor yet, so that's still pending, but the kicker is that they sent me the same box of old software!! I just got off the phone with them and asked about the software. "Why did I get the same software back??" I asked. "Because it was the only one we had," they replied. "What can we do to get me the software that I ordered and paid for?" They replied, "We suggest you go to another company." Really. That last quote is verbatim. So, I suggest to you that if you have any microcomputer or peripheral needs, please do what they suggest - "go to another company". Keith M. Dale BBN Communications Corporation *** Disclaimer: the opinions expressed herein are strictly my own, and not those of my employer's or the Department of Defense's. ***