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From: siannce@polyslo.UUCP (Stephan P Iannce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mail Order Houses (DONT BUY FROM MCS)
Message-ID: <2138@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 88 01:36:48 GMT
References: <975@nuchat.UUCP> <794@mina.liu.se> <2274@louie.udel.EDU> <2306@louie.udel.EDU>
Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407
Lines: 9
Keywords: Mail Order, Stores, etc.
Summary: Getting screwed and such...

In article <2306@louie.udel.EDU>, zinnato@udel.EDU (Ronald Zinnato) writes:
> My friend ordered a Canon PJ 1080A printer from them a couple of years ago
> for $200 (what a bahhhgin).  They sent him TWO (for the price of 1).
> I bought the other one off of him for $125.  (of course, some poor sap out
> there probably didn't get his.... oh well)

I've never really got a surprise from any mail order company (I do all my shopping by MO) but I did get screwed at that one company someone mentioned a while back that went bankrupt in Pheonix. I had a couple of pieces of software on order, now I guess I'll never see them. :-(


I do know of someone who ordered a 512k Starboard ][ from Abel and (after a while trying to get the company to send it) received one with 2-meg installed, all he had to do was reposition the jumpers. He then bought Microbotics MFM for the SB][ from the same company and they sent him 2. So I guess it kind of evens out...