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epbrown@suba.com (Emanuel Brown) wrote:

>On Mon, 01 Apr 1996 18:50:21 GMT, efp@etechinc.com (Eric Palmer)
>wrote:

>"On 1 Apr 1996 06:20:33 GMT, jaew@ix.netcom.com(Jae ) wrote:
>"
>">In <4jmh56$1606@mule2.mindspring.com> acheslow@mindspring.com (Alan
>">Cheslow) writes: 
>">>
>"
>">>I paid $5,228 for this system on 1/16/96 and will sell it for
>">>$4,500 + shipping UPS COD. Please contact acheslow@mindspring.com
>">
>">THIS IS A GREAT PRICE. HOWEVER I'M AFRAID TO BUY ONE BECAUSE GATEWAY
>">DOSE NOT GIVE TECH SUPPORT TO SECOND BUYER. WHAT IF SOMETHING GOES
>">WRONG THAN I'M SCREWED
>"
>"
>"I don't really think its such a great price.  No matter what has been
>"said, it is still used equipment and as such you may be buying someone
>"elses trouble.
>"  
>"   caveat emptor  
>"
>"
>	I'm not qualified to judge the value behind the price, but from
>what recent threads have said, doesn't the next owner somply have to
>make sure he gets the manuals and included peripherals from Alan
>*before* he buys?  Then he'd be in the same boat as lots of other used
>computer buyers.  And if you have the reciept and customer # can't you
>get support then?
>	Emanuel
>epbrown@suba.com
>laptop central:
>www.suba.com/~epbrown/

Can't be that old... Gateway didn't ship quad speed CD-ROM until about
50 days ago.  I think the bottom line is (Speaking from a point of
view of someone who has had - and returned - a Solo Notebook) that you
realized that there are MUCH better machines that do multimedia MUCH
cheaper and look better.


J. Scott Gardiner
jsgard@ix.netcom.com

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