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Article #5Re: Don't ever buy from CDW
From: P. Sun
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 09:49
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 09:49
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On 2 Mar 1996, The one what? wrote: > Eben Ozen (mister@netcom.com) wrote: > >CDW sent me a V.fast modem when I specifically ordered the V.34 version. > >Mike Iimura (miimura@best.com) wrote: > >: In article <3134F06F.1CA4@cec.wustl.edu>, > >: MinJae Sheen <mjs5@cec.wustl.edu> wrote: > >: >Don't ever buy anything from Computer Discounting Warehouse. > > I've had nothing but good luck with CDW. Almost $2000 last month. > One recent order they told me they had 1 of the 2 I wanted and asked > if I wanted a partial shipment or hold the entire order (partial > shipment costs more $ shipping). I said partial ship. Imagine my > suprise when the order came on time, complete (not partial). > > Just like with every mail order, ALWAYS: > write down the name of the sales person > verify ship dates > pay with credit card Also get the order number so you can track it. I also had good experiences with CDW... except the last one. I ordered a monitor and it was cancelled the day it was supposed to arrive. I called my sales guy twice and still waiting for his call (it's been about a week)??? I gave up mail order. At least I was charged for the order.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!homer09.u.washington.edu!dbreath From: "P. Sun" <dbreath@u.washington.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.comm Subject: Re: Don't ever buy from CDW Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 01:49:53 -0800 Organization: University of Washington Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91j.960303014646.76870I-100000@homer09.u.washington.edu> References: <3134F06F.1CA4@cec.wustl.edu> <4h3cds$sta@nntp1.best.com> <misterDnL2tw.8on@netcom.com> <4ha46l$q56@host-3.cyberhighway.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: homer09.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: dbreath In-Reply-To: <4ha46l$q56@host-3.cyberhighway.net>