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Article #66Re: Consumer Warning RE:MacMall - Please Read!
From: Jim Upchurch
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:00
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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>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb802,f5f1a5d2c9e579bf X-Google-Attributes: gidfb802,public X-Google-Thread: 10db40,f5f1a5d2c9e579bf X-Google-Attributes: gid10db40,public X-Google-Thread: fb1cd,f5f1a5d2c9e579bf X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cd,public X-Google-Thread: fe4f2,f5f1a5d2c9e579bf X-Google-Attributes: gidfe4f2,public X-Google-Thread: 10eae6,f5f1a5d2c9e579bf X-Google-Attributes: gid10eae6,public X-Google-Thread: 10c648,f5f1a5d2c9e579bf X-Google-Attributes: gid10c648,public X-Google-Thread: 10e148,f5f1a5d2c9e579bf X-Google-Attributes: gid10e148,public X-Google-Thread: 1081ce,f5f1a5d2c9e579bf X-Google-Attributes: gid1081ce,public From: jtu3@mont.mindspring.com (Jim Upchurch) Subject: Re: Consumer Warning RE:MacMall - Please Read! Date: 1996/01/02 Message-ID: <jtu3-0201961802050001@jtu3.mindspring.com> X-Deja-AN: 133701449 distribution: world references: <4c0667$275@oldfart.ecl.wustl.edu> <4c9jk5$lsg@server3.mich.com> <Johnb5-0201961150090001@sl04.tde.com> organization: MindSpring Enterprises newsgroups: alt.sys.mac,biz.marketplace.computers.mac,biz.marketplace.computers.discussion,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.games.misc,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,misc.forsale.computers.mac-specific