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Article #152Re: Buyer Beware--MIDWEST MICRO
From: Mark Manyen
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 17:47
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 17:47
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Richard Boyd (rhb@csn.org) wrote: : Paul Kline (kline@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu) wrote: : : disappointed with Midwest Micro, and I am ordering a system from : : Gateway 2000 instead (fingers crossed).......... : Gateway 2000 isn't much better. And their tech support sucks, too. : Actually, once you get through it is ok, but it is absolutely impossible : to get through on their 800 number. And what really ticks me off is that : they make you go through the phone menu dance, and then you think you finally : got through to the tech support waiting line, and then cut you off. : Of all the companies I buy pc's from ( that's one of my duties where I : work ), I like IBM the best. They are a little bit more expensive, but IBM : simply can't be beat when it comes to service. Their quality is consistant : too. And I used to hate IBM, back in the old mainframe days. : Dell is pretty good, too. : Compaq is fair (can't get through with them either). : The others are pretty much "you pays your money, and you takes your chances". : rhb I bought 3 Dell 486/66 systems, when they arrived 1 was completely dead, 1 of the monitors was dead, 1 system died 2 days after setting it up, 1 had a CD-ROM but no sound card (paid for) and no controller. Out of the 3 systems we recieved that day only one still works today (6 months). I still stand behind Gateway as the best vendor I have has dealings with.
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