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From: tws@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Thomas Sarver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mail Order Houses
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Date: 5 May 88 04:27:44 GMT
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Keywords: Mail Order, Stores, etc.

In article <975@nuchat.UUCP> phillip@nuchat.UUCP (Phillip Keen) writes:
>Hello there, has anyone had any experiences with these mail order houses
> [...]
>MicroComputer Services (MCS), Go Amigo, Computer Mart, Computer Mail Order,
>and S&S Wholesalers

I highly recommend Go Amiga, I've always had fast service from them.  In
exceptional circumstances (an order impossible to fill, my credit card
maxxed, order not complying w/ invoice, I've had 'em all), I've had nothing
but the utmost in cooperation.  I've been trading with them for two years
and I've never had a problem a call to their toll free number couldn't fix.

(However, I don't like their system where you have write down your invoice
number when you make an order if you want to refer to it later.)

Highest commendations!

**FLAME ON***
One mail order to stay away from is Starflite Telemarketing.  In every issue
of AmigaWorld, they have an add stating they sell Starboard 2 2Mb for $510.
I ordered one w/ MFM and they said it would be $578.  I figured $68 for MFM.
Three weeks later I received it w/o MFM.  I called.  They said the ad was a
misprint, the 2M was $574 ($4 S&H).  That was over six mo.'s ago and Amiga
World is still running the same ad.  Don't blame Amiga World, Starflite
Telemarketing is not telling the truth.  Does ba*t & sw*tch come to mind.
Incidentally, my initial call was very pleasant talking with a female voice.
All subsequent calls (and there were many), were w/ very terse male voice(s).
So much for service after the sale.  They must have fired the pleasant one.
**FLAME OFF***

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But hey, its the best country in the world!
Thomas W. Sarver

"The complexity of a system is proportional to the factorial of its atoms.  One
can only hope to minimize the complexity of the micro-system in which one
finds oneself."
	-TWS

Addendum: "... or migrate to a less complex micro-system."