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Article #19516

Re: Gateway vs. Austin questions

#19516
From: Nick Boland
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 12:44
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> |> >I ordered my 66DX2 and got it 12 days later.  It's like the signs
> |> >at Disney Land that say how long the wait in a line is for a ride.
> |> >Management says give them a big number and they feel happy when
> |> >the get it faster.
> |> 
> |> I wish that were always true.  I ordered mine 3 weeks ago and I'm still 
> |> waiting.  My credit card hasn't been billed yet and customer service won't 
> |> return my calls.
> 
> Looks like I'm about to get the waiting line too.  I ordered mine 3 weeks
> and 1 day ago (12/16) and haven't heard anything yet. They said it would take
> 3 weeks too. I specifically asked if that was what they told everyone or
> was that a realistic wait. I said that I'd rather be told up front rather tanh
> to be PO'd if it's late and she said that it was taking about 3 weeks.
> I even asked if that included the holidays and she said yes. 

I ordered by 66DX2 on December 4th.  It was on my door step
December 21st.  I was told 3.5 weeks and it only took 2.5.  The only
thing special is that I ordered the tower case with it.   I'm happy!
-- 
Nick Boland   (317) 451-0464
Delco Electronics Software Engineer
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From: c2xnkb@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Nick Boland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gateway vs. Austin questions
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Date: 8 Jan 93 12:44:18 GMT
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