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In Article<atticus-0304960500470001@atticus.mindspring.com>, <atticus@mindspring.com> writes:
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> From: atticus@mindspring.com (Andy Walton)
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> Subject: Re: FS: Gateway 2000 Solo 120MHz laptop
> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 05:00:47 -0500
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> In article <NEWTNews.828517386.4086.dpruitt@Pigs_IN_Space.galstar.com>,
> Dave Pruitt <dpruitt@galstar.com> wrote:
> 
>   :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.
> 
> Do I have this straight? They're a mail-order company with no local
> resellers, and they won't sell anything except to the original owner?
> 
> Is it just me, or is this a moronic way to do business? I, for one, would
> not buy a machine with no resale potential. With a new generation of
> machines every year, ensuring a poor resale value for your machine would
> make your machines much less attractive right off the bat, at least for
> non-corporate customers who only have 1 or 2 machines.
> 
> Am I missing something?
I'm a happy Gateway customer and feel that the warranty issue should not 
detract from an otherwise worthy vendor.

As a user and seller of computers, I've had Gateways last me 5-6 years of use 
with the portables being on 18 hours / day 7 days of week. Most people like 
Gateway products because theyi provide a good product at a good price. 
Richard Hom