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From: tws@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Thomas Sarver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Dealers/Commodore
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Date: 25 Jul 88 23:05:38 GMT
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In article <4322@cbmvax.UUCP> marc@cbmvax.UUCP (Marc Rifkin CATS) writes:
>I've been reading alot of flames on CBM about customer support, and still
>can't believe what I have been hearing.  I have owned my 500 for over a 
>year now, with NO, ZER0 problems.  Not a one.  Three friends of mine got
>theirs within this year and have had some SERIOUS chip seating problems and
>not very much success with service.
>But blaming Commodore for dealer troubles is like blaming the US post
>service because ol Bob at the local post office is not a nice fellow.
>I understand that improvements are underway, so don't lose your confidence
>in the Amiga.
!Just be glad you don't own a computer that cost you twice the price of an
!Amiga plus repairs and has 1/2 the memory and .0001 t

Yeah! I have a friend with one of the original 520ST's.  Boy is he mad every
time he has chip seating problems.  He's finally gotten a new motherboard.

The point is, IF YOU OWN AN AMIGA, YOU ARE AN ELITIST !
                                                ^^ (sp?)

You made the right decision.  You own the most awesome PC "... and God is in
His heaven, and all is right with the world."


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But hey, its the best country in the world!
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"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."