Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!uw-june!uw-entropy!bones!fetrow From: fetrow@bones.stat.washington.edu (Dave Fetrow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: Tandy/Radio Shack Printers Message-ID: <1486@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> Date: 3 Jun 89 00:00:40 GMT References: <16349@gryphon.COM> Sender: news@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu Reply-To: fetrow@bones.UUCP () Organization: UW Statistics, Seattle Lines: 30 >>japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate) writes: >>Too bad there's not a neighborhood computer store that sells industry >>standard equiptment... > I've bought a LOT of micros over the years (something like 40) and, every time I go out and look at all the places to buy computers the same experiences happen (There are a LOT of places selling computers what with Microsoft and RIM and the PC-Write folks, etc. within a few miles). EVERYBODY has bozo salesmen, nonstandard (or nonworking) equipment, etc. The trick is to find the most knowledgeable person in the store and deal with him (or her) exclusively. If they are hopeless, go to the next store, company, whatever. Tandy can be an excellent choice, but an awful lot depends on the local store. Note that they DO sell industry standard equipment, they also sell non-standard equipment. We've had pretty good experiences with our local Tandy center and the service has been consistently better than good. They'll come out and say things like: this machine isn't compatable enough for your application (notice they took the time to find out what the application is), etc. Obviously they aren't my only choice when going shopping but this particular place has made my "A" list of places to check and they earned that over a period of 2 years. Disclaimer: This is all personal opinion, not that of UW or the department or anything like that. -dave fetrow- fetrow@bones.biostat.washington.edu dfetrow@uwalocke (bitnet) {uunet}!uw-beaver!uw-entropy!fetrow "It's 1989! I'm supposed to take a language with `cards' in it seriously?"