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From: phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: NeXT Extends Warranty
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Date: 6 Mar 90 19:03:46 GMT
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+NeXT EXTENDS WARRANTY TO ONE YEAR
+ 
+The new warranty, which covers parts and service charges on all
+components of the NeXT Computer System, applies retroactively to
+customers who have already purchased NeXT Computers within the last
+year.

I wasn't particularly happy when NeXT gave free harddisks to everybody
who bought a NeXT w/o a 330MB harddisk, because I bought the @!@!#
overpriced harddisk. Still, since NeXT was very generous when it
came to extending warranties, I told them that the letter they sent
me to claim my free harddisk was in error.

But what happens to the one-year warranty I bought for $600 about
6 months ago (since I was worried that my optical disk would croak
again any day)? Worth nothing?

It is not that I dislike the policies per se. I would just like to
point out that NeXT should not reward its minimal purchasers, only.

/ivo welch	ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu