Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!tektronix!reed!percival!sarge
From: sarge@percival.UUCP (Rod Sargent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mail Order Houses
Message-ID: <1236@percival.UUCP>
Date: 30 Apr 88 04:03:10 GMT
References: <975@nuchat.UUCP> <738@savax.UUCP>
Reply-To: sarge@percival.UUCP (Rod Sargent)
Organization: Percy's UNIX, Portland, OR.
Lines: 24
Keywords: Mail Order, Stores, etc.

>In article <975@nuchat.UUCP> you write:
>>
>>Hello there, has anyone had any experiences with these mail order houses
>>or dealers?  I'm thinking about ordering some software from them and was
>>wondering if anyone has had any problems with them.  They are:
>>
>>MicroComputer Services (MCS), Go Amigo, Computer Mart, Computer Mail Order,
>>and S&S Wholesalers 


  I too have had a very frustrating experience with Mail Order products.
Last November, I was in the market for an additional drive for my A1000.
After browsing through my latest AmigaWorld, I called a number of mail
order places (including all those you mentioned).  Upon calling S&S
Wholesalers, I was pleased to hear that they would be mailing me a 1010
Amiga drive for under $200, including next day shipping.  Well, overnight
turned into a 1 month wait with no drive.  When I called the 800 order line,
they told me that they do not even carry the 1010 and that they had me
down for a clone drive for over $240 and that it would be another month
before they would get them in stock ("...due to Christmas rush, you can't expect us to have them for everybody..
  I asked to cancel my order, but was told I had to call a long distance
number to do that.... 

I no longer do business by mail!