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epbrown wrote:
> 
>         Who've you had problems with in Chicago?  I've lived here 10 years and
> never even *seen* a discount computer store!  It's alway big mail order
> companies and nationwide chains.
>         epbrown
> Einar Sunde <esunde@snet.net> wrote:
> 
> "In article <5725od$62t@orion.cybercom.net> Scott M., scottm@dds.nl writes:
> ">The following companies deal both by mail order and out of their shops
> ">in Midtown Manhattan.
> ">
> ">I've had experience dealing with all of them and my best advice would
> ">be:  avoid them scrupulously!
> "
> "I saw a "great deal" for a Sharp in an ad from Exel.  I called the Better
> "Business Bureau and learned that Exel "doesn't qualify for the highest
> "rating".  I recommend this easy and often effective way of checking out a
> "mail order place.  Another rule of thumb can be used as a means of
> "narrowing down the search: I studiously avoid places in New York City,
> "Southern California and especially Florida.  I look first for outfits in
> "the Midwest (except Chicago area), Pacific Northwest, and New Hampshire.
> "Of course this is a gross generalisation and unfair to the honest firms
> "which do exist in NYC, So. CA, Florida and Chicago.  But in 12 years of
> "dealings with mail order outlets, I've found a higher percentage of
> "honest outfits in the places mentioned above.
> "esunde@snet.net
> "Ridgefield, CT
> 
> epbrown@enteract.com
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Go to Devon Ave. and you'll see plenty