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Article #128Re: **DONT** Buy _ZEOS_
From: sleon
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 03:37
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 03:37
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In <forman.28.0010A206@clark.net>, forman@clark.net (Jeff Forman) writes: >In article <3gchgf$1o3u@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> sleon@ibm.net writes: >>From: sleon@ibm.net >>Subject: Re: **DONT** Buy _ZEOS_ >>Date: 28 Jan 1995 04:34:23 GMT > > >Listen folks, where are you going to go? You read these horror stories about >everyone. Try getting through to some of these companies. My brother (on my Agreed. However, maybe the discussion should be broken into 1) getting lied to and 2) getting lousy service (incompetance, etc.). I can handle #2 since that's commonplace these days (my ass ain't as tender as it used to be). Number one throws me into fits which makes me duck n run at any hint of it. It's interesting that some of the best service I've received was from two "no name" companies - Jinco Computers and Microprofessionals. Maybe it was just luck but when something went wrong, they sent replacement parts with very little hassle. Even though it took 24 hours to get a return call, at least they told me up-front. Insight, on the other hand, I'd trash at the drop of a hat since I had both a ditzy moron for a salesman and her low-life asshole of a boss lie repeatedly to me. Somebody said they thought they saw them at the bottom of the list in PC Magazine's customer service review lately. Wouldn't surprise me a bit. My humble $0.02 worth...
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1001b2,397a130edc95d368 X-Google-Attributes: gid1001b2,public X-Google-Thread: 11196f,397a130edc95d368 X-Google-Attributes: gid11196f,public X-Google-Thread: 112542,397a130edc95d368 X-Google-Attributes: gid112542,public X-Google-Thread: 109e38,397a130edc95d368 X-Google-Attributes: gid109e38,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-29 01:08:01 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!newsgate.advantis.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!news From: sleon@ibm.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,biz.zeos.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.sys.pc-clone.zeos Subject: Re: **DONT** Buy _ZEOS_ Date: 29 Jan 1995 03:37:44 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3gf2i8$147f@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> References: <3g4qvc$gpl@babyblue.cs.yale.edu> <D31E1I.M81@hpl.hp.com> <3g9fdr$lj1@netaxs.com> <3g9rn7$h26@usenet.rpi.edu> <1995Jan27.084624@nyssa.swt.edu> <3gc3k2$pte@its.hooked.net> <3gchgf$1o3u@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <forman.28.0010A206@clark.net> Reply-To: sleon@ibm.net NNTP-Posting-Host: slip38-24.il.us.ibm.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.09