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In article <4jra4o$lfe@mule2.mindspring.com>, <acheslow@mindspring.com> writes:
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> From: acheslow@mindspring.com (Alan Cheslow)
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> Subject: Re: FS: Gateway 2000 Solo 120MHz laptop
> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 96 13:28:56 GMT
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> In article <4jr8tp$j8j@news.iag.net>, jsgard@ix.netcom.com (J. Scott Gardiner) wrote:
> :epbrown@suba.com (Emanuel Brown) wrote:
> :
> :>On Mon, 01 Apr 1996 18:50:21 GMT, efp@etechinc.com (Eric Palmer)
> :>wrote:
> :
> :>"On 1 Apr 1996 06:20:33 GMT, jaew@ix.netcom.com(Jae ) wrote:
> :>"
> :>">In <4jmh56$1606@mule2.mindspring.com> acheslow@mindspring.com (Alan
> :>">Cheslow) writes: 
> :>">>
> :>"
> :>">>I paid $5,228 for this system on 1/16/96 and will sell it for
> :>">>$4,500 + shipping UPS COD. Please contact acheslow@mindspring.com
> :>">
> :>">THIS IS A GREAT PRICE. HOWEVER I'M AFRAID TO BUY ONE BECAUSE GATEWAY
> :>">DOSE NOT GIVE TECH SUPPORT TO SECOND BUYER. WHAT IF SOMETHING GOES
> :>">WRONG THAN I'M SCREWED
> :>"
> :>"
> :>"I don't really think its such a great price.  No matter what has been
> :>"said, it is still used equipment and as such you may be buying someone
> :>"elses trouble.
> :>"  
> :>"   caveat emptor  
> :>"
> :>"
> :>       I'm not qualified to judge the value behind the price, but from
> :>what recent threads have said, doesn't the next owner somply have to
> :>make sure he gets the manuals and included peripherals from Alan
> :>*before* he buys?  Then he'd be in the same boat as lots of other used
> :>computer buyers.  And if you have the reciept and customer # can't you
> :>get support then?
> :>       Emanuel
> :>epbrown@suba.com
> :>laptop central:
> :>www.suba.com/~epbrown/
> :
> :Can't be that old... Gateway didn't ship quad speed CD-ROM until about
> :50 days ago.  I think the bottom line is (Speaking from a point of
> :view of someone who has had - and returned - a Solo Notebook) that you
> :realized that there are MUCH better machines that do multimedia MUCH
> :cheaper and look better.
> 
> Actually it is that old. Gateway shipped me the 4x CD-ROM (free) when it came 
> out during my 30-day whatever-they-call-it. I was very surprised, especially 
> after all the negative threads I've read here. My personal experience with GW 
> has been nothing but the most professional and courteous. As for the bottom 
> line, I am a consultant who travels frequently to various clients for short 
> assignments. At the time I purchased my Solo, it was perfect for me. However, 
> now I am on a long-term assignment at a local client and have no need for a 
> laptop. When I need to transfer data between work and home I just bring in a 
> Zip disk. My needs can be better (and less expensively) met with a desktop 
> system for home. If I still needed a laptop, I would still be extremely 
> pleased with my Solo.
> 
> I really have no desire in sticking anyone with a machine that they're not 
> happy with or can not get support for. My entire professional career is built 
> around providing people with good experiences with computer products and 
> services. I believe my asking price is fair and I will do whatever is 
> necessary to provide the buyer with technical support, even if it means doing 
> so myself. Oh, and by the way -- I forget to mention before that this has an 
> active matrix screen.
> 
> Alan
> 
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> Alan M. Cheslow, CNE		http://www.mindspring.com/~acheslow
> Project Manager,		Home: acheslow@mindspring.com
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> 
> 
Please be aware, and read my post in comp.laptops.  Gateway is not
a good company to deal with.  THey do not support OR sell to 
seconds owners.  They wouldn't sell me a spare battery because I was
not the original owner, and I wasn't a customer.  I found it very difficult
to be a customer if they refused to sell to me.  I have never had
these problems in the past.  Gateway is just not a good company to deal 
with.  Please think twice.