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Re: Consumer Warning RE:MacMall - Please Read!

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From: John Bedard
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <jtu3-0201961802050001@jtu3.mindspring.com>,
jtu3@mont.mindspring.com (Jim Upchurch) wrote:

> In article <Johnb5-0201961150090001@sl04.tde.com>, Johnb5@tde.com (John
> Bedard) wrote:
> 
> 
> > > I've ordered dozens of things, hardware and software, from MacMall, and
> > > never had one bit of trouble. They've always been polite, knowledgable
> > > and prompt. The one time I spoke with someone who didn't seem to have all
> > > the answers, I asked for someone else and got them immediately.
> > 
> > I have to agree.  I purchased quite a bit of equipment from MacMall last
> > year  and never had a problem.  That includes a busted 101-key Keyboard
> > that they replaced immediately.
> 
> 
> Me too. But this is a darned competitive business with several new and
> aggressive entities in it, and particularly with postal rates rising some
> shakeouts will be coming. I have had good experiences with MacMall, but I
> will definitely put this thread in the back of my mind: the last folks on
> board with mail order often wind up sinking with the captain, and accounts
> like this one, if even slightly multiplied, often turn out to have been
> the first floe of the icepack...
> 
> -- 
> Jim Upchurch | Montgomery Alabama
> jtu3@mont.mindspring.com
> <http://www.wsnet.com/~jtu3/>
> <http://www.mont.mindspring.com/~jtu3/online.html>

Well, I'm not exactly a MacMall groupie;  I buy plenty from Mac Zone,
MacWarehouse, CompUSA, and Computer City, too.

John

-- 
"Some people play hard to get;  I play hard to want."
                   -The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
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From: Johnb5@tde.com (John Bedard)
Subject: Re: Consumer Warning RE:MacMall - Please Read!
Date: 1996/01/03
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