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From: bytebug@felix.UUCP (Roger L. Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: APDA - could someone tell them that they should get on the net?
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Date: Fri, 16-Oct-87 17:20:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 16 17:20:37 1987
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In article <121@ut-emx.UUCP> kraut@ut-emx.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) writes:
>				     Of course, it would be nice if
>they would lower their prices instead, but without competition, what
>can you expect ..... (yes, I do think that they are more expensive
>than they should be.  remember, that they charge a membership fee -
>totally unjustified, really, as their margins are quite sufficient;
>but that's another story ...

Yep.  That's my gripe with them and why I didn't renew.  Besides the high
prices and the membership fee we have a minimum shipping fee of $6.00 for
guaranteed second-day delivery, while MacConnection and Programs Plus
offer next-day delivery for $3.00.

On top of that, the second-day delivery from APDA is a joke.  They often
don't get around to processing your order for a couple of weeks, so what's
another couple of days.  When I've ordered from MacConnection, they
processed the order and put it in the mail that day.

Why Apple didn't contract with MacConnection or somebody else already in
the high-volume mail order business, I don't know.
--
	Roger L. Long
	FileNet Corp
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