🚀 go-pugleaf

	I recently ordered a Packard Bell 286 system from the
mail-order company Damark International.  However, due to tremendous
response, it's now on backorder, and probably won't ship until the
start of November.  Just after I ordered, I read all this stuff in
this newsgroup saying bad things about Packard Bell's customer
service, and I had second thoughts.  Because of the backorder, I have
the opportunity to back out of the deal.  Should I?

	Here are the details of what I'm getting:

	80286, 12 megahertz
	Two floppy drives, one 3-1/2" 1.44MB and one 5-1/4" 1.2 MB
	30 MB hard drive
	1 MB RAM expandable to 3 MB
	VGA card
	VGA 14" color monitor, 640x480, 256 colors
	IBM and AT compatible
	8 expansion slots
	Dual floppy/hard drive controller
	2 serial ports, 1 parallel port
	Zero wait state
	Real time clock/calendar
	System configuration in CMOS with battery backup
	AT style 101 professional keyboard
	MS-DOS 3.3, GW BASIC (So what?  I've already got Turbo C)
	145 watt universal power supply
	Socket for 80287 coprocessor on motherboard
	One year manufacturer's warranty
	Factory new and perfect (so they say)

The price I'm being charged for all this?  Including shipping? ...
$1250!  Twelve hundred fifty dollars!
	It looked like a really good deal at the time.  They say, you
get what you pay for, but I'd really like to upgrade to a 286.  The
Packard Bell line got a fair review from a recent PC Magazine survey,
but after what's been said in this newsgroup, I'd like some more
opinions.  Atdhvaannkcse.

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