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From: pete@wlbr.EATON.COM (Pete Lyall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Hi Tech Asset Recovery, A warning
Message-ID: <1179@wlbr.EATON.COM>
Date: 4 Feb 88 23:21:59 GMT
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Reply-To: pete@wlbr.UUCP (0000-Pete Lyall)
Organization: Eaton IMS, Westlake Village, CA
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Keywords: Many of these drives do not work

In article <1164@qetzal.UUCP> root@qetzal.UUCP (Admin) writes:
>Hi gang.  A week or two ago, I posted a query about some CMI
>40 and 20 meg drives offered for outrageously low prices through
>a company called "Hi Tech Asset Recovery" in Canoga Park, California.
>(edited for postnews....)
>I have ordered three of these drives ...Unfortunately, none of the
>three drives worked .... as many as 80% of the drives DO NOT WORK.

I have also had incredibly bad luck with CMI drives coming out of that
section of Los Angeles.... I bought 2 CMI 20 meggers (CMI 6426's) from
J&B Technologies @ around $200 each... both failed within the week
(one was intermittant). In addition, a friend's CMI6640 (30 megger)
just ate it as well. It would appear that the current crop of CMI's
being offered at bargain prices are not much of a bargain at all.

To turn the spotlight onto J&B Technologies for a moment, 
I also bought an ATASI 37 meg (they say 40) drive from them
a few months back. As most of their drives are, it was a
refurbished unit (if it doesn't *say* new, it isn't...). It blew its
Brains out at the 92 day mark - two days out of warantee. Tough luck,
says they.

With all of this bad history with these people, I wonder why I was
stupid enough to turn a 30 Meg CMI in for repair there? They promise
5 day turnaround - it's been over three weeks, and they've lost the
drive twice.

I guess what I'm trying to say is a strong 'caveat emptor' here...
those prices in the Computer Shopper may look appealing, but.....



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