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From: jansen@atari.UUCP (Mark O. Jansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari ST motherboards
Message-ID: <935@atari.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 88 01:15:37 GMT
References: <11623@oliveb.olivetti.com>
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Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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in article <11623@oliveb.olivetti.com>, dragon@olivej.olivetti.com (Give me a quarter or I'll touch you) says:
> 
> Does anyone know if the deal where one sends in their Atari 520ST to Atari
> and gets a new one back is still good?  I remember the price as being
> around $95 or so.  What are the catches to this?  Can it be done through a
> dealer or only through Atari?  Thanks for any information!
> 

In case you haven't already gotten an answer on this one, yes, there is a
real program like this.  If your machine is defective, and your dealer
can't fix it or whatever, you can send it to Atari along with a flat fee and
it will be replaced.  (Note: _replaced_.  So, if you have any strange
upgrades that you installed yourself, you were warned.)

Anyway, the fees are as follows:

520ST       $ 95
520STfm     $115
1040ST      $125


Box the dead unit up and send it (along with a letter explaining the unit
is defective, and that you'd like it replaced) to:

Atari Corporation
390 Caribbean Dr.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Attn:  Door 17


Hope that helps!



Mark Jansen, Atari Corp.  ...ames!atari!jansen   BIX or GEnie: mjansen

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