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You have hit the age old economic question...does higher price
indicate better product?  Just because a corporation charges a higher
price to the comsumer does not indicate that their product is better
or of higher quality.  Nor does it indicate better customer service.



cwhite@first-byte.com (Collins White) wrote:

>In article <310D25C1.2086@plano.net>, jkim@plano.net says...

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>>Please note that the problem I had w/ MICRON computer was not only the 
>>Video card, but also the Motherboard itself.  It just failed 5 months
>>after I bought it.  And I have found few others have the exact same
>>symtoms.  Someone suggest that I might having problem w/ SIMM on my
>>motherboard.  I havn't test that.
>>
>>I have Compaq DeskPro PCI/EISA at work, Gateway 2000 PCI/ISA & Micron 
>>PCI/ISA at Home.  All three of them are Pentium 
>>133Mhz.  The performance wise I like the Gateway 2000 best.  
>>For the Customer Service, my previous computer was Gateway 
>>and I was satisfied with their service.

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>I would like to jump in at this point and talk about RELIABILITY,
>and SERVICE. 

>As a consumer I feel that one can save money in two ways, 
>on the front end of a deal or on the back end. You can 
>purchase a product for a low cost and take your chances 
>or you can pay a premium price and forget about problems 
>at a later date.

>And most of us know Problems $$$ COST MONEY $$$

>Lets say you had purchased the HP Netserver and for any 
>reason it failed. A simple call to HP and your computer 
>would be working that same day......SERVICE!

>But with that same HP there is almost NO chance of the machine
>doing the old death march... because HP has to SPEND MONEY to
>service your machine, therefore they tend to manufacture with
>QUALITY (and not luck)

>What I'm attempting to say is that a lot of the companies
>with the big glossy adds in computer shopper are selling
>products that should be in a trash can and not on a desktop.
>And I have also been burned! thinking if they can afford the
>the big expensive ad they must be ok.... Ha Ha Ha

>If you are betting your business it pay to go with QUALITY
>and RELIABILITY. So what if you pay a few dollars more, you
>always get your money back on the rear end of the deal. 

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>only the BEST. IBM DEC COMPAQ HP NEC......... its worth it!

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