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From: rjung@sal6.usc.edu (Robert Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Dead mice (was Re: secrets of FLASH?)
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Date: 21 Mar 88 17:54:51 GMT
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In article <3171@hcr.UUCP> miken@hcr.UUCP (Mike Nemeth) writes:
>oh BY THE WAY, my mouse died, and after fruitless attempts to revive it
>i took it into a local atari dealer. that was a month ago. went in there
>yesterday and the dealer presents it to me with a replacement charge of
>$45!!!!
>to understate the case, i was not amused. the chap at the store said he'd
>seen a lot of dead mice showing up lately, and that he didn't make a cent
>off of getting them replaced. atari bills him $X, he bills me $X (+ tax).

  You too? My mouse keeled over last night (well, it works, it just won't go
to the right)...I'm going to hunt for replacements today. I sure hope it
doesn't take a month to replace (I love my point-n-click)...

  $45?!?!?...

  Anybody from Atari care to comment?


						--R.J.
						B-)

P.S. On the other hand, there is a lot of electronic doodads in the mouse
(including a chip, of all things)...Maybe the cost is justified(?)...
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