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Article #3960Re: Hard Disc Failures
From: Dan King
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1989 20:15
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1989 20:15
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In article <1397@trotter.usma.edu> aj1826@trotter.usma.edu (DiGangi Joe CPT) writes: >It is my opinion that Apple has seen these postings, and is a) researching >the problem and will get back to us later (hopefully), or b) just chosen >to ignore us and hope the problem goes away. I hope it is a), but I'd like >to hear from them anyway. The Quantum 80 in my SE/30 died twelve days out of warranty. Let's hope it's (A)! The drives are too expensive to replace every four months. >I heard a rumor a few days ago that Apple was allowing trade-in of the >Quantum 80's in a similar manner to the recall for 40 meg drives earlier. >However, I have seen no substantiation of that rumor on any of the nets. I called Apple Customer Support to complain yesterday (09-01-89) and (at that time), they were not replacing the drives, they were not granting warranty extensions, and they had no plans. The representative took my name phone number, but couldn't promise anything. I then asked him if Apple would reimburse me if I fixed my own drive and they later offered a replacement. He wouldn't say anything about that other than that Apple has done that with some of the 40 meg versions. >Let's keep up the pressure. TALK TO US APPLE!! Come one, Apple! I keep hearing that Apple has higher prices than the competition (ahem) because they fund more R&D as well as better CUSTOMER SUPPORT. Customer support doesn't mean shipping a product that is going to die just after the warranty expires. I'm still paying off the damn computer, I don't need to add the burden of a new 80 meg HD to it. I also can't wait while some committee makes up its mind: my semester is starting and I need my system. TALK TO US APPLE!! dank
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!merlin.usc.edu!castor.usc.edu!danking From: danking@castor.usc.edu (Dan King) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Hard Disc Failures Message-ID: <4927@merlin.usc.edu> Date: 1 Sep 89 20:15:03 GMT References: <870284@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <3989@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> <19291@mimsy.UUCP> <13768@brunix.UUCP> <1397@trotter.usma.edu> Sender: news@merlin.usc.edu Reply-To: danking@castor.usc.edu (Dan King) Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 37