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From: davis@ux1.lbl.gov (Jeffrey Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Atari 520 exchange
Summary: Is it a good deal?
Keywords: BROKEN ATARI 520
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Date: 13 Oct 88 04:32:54 GMT
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Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley
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Hello,

My atari recently began having problems and I took it in to 
a local shop.  I was told after about a five minute cursory
examination that it would need a new motherboard probably and
the best thing I could do was send it in to ATARI with $95 
dollars and exchange it for another 520.  Apperantly the 
520 (old model) is no longer produced.  
	This seems fine but I am concerned about getting 
a ``reconditioned'' 520.  Has anyone had bad experiences 
with the trade in?  Would I be better off doing something 
else (perhaps getting a new mother board from atari and putting 
it in myself) will I get back what I sent them?  I am concerned 
about sending a computer which worked fine until three days ago 
to the great computer graveyard at Atari.  I would like to hear 
from anyone who has had experience with this service...
					Jeff Davis
JCDavis@LBL.GOV or JCDavis@LBL.BITNET or CXRO::DAVIS or
davis@ux1.LBL.GOV