tar@pa.reuter.COM (Dan Tarnower) (04/20/91)
I called Borland about the Petzold book. I sent in the card on March 12. They told me that a distribution house named "DPAS" is handling the book, and they have nothing to do with it. They gave me a number for DPAS: (800) 345-2888 I called them, and they said "a programming bug" has held up the shipments. The problem was only corrected this week, and shipping has only just started. They said that if I didn't get my book by next Friday (4/26), then I should call them back. Believe me, I will... /Dan Tarnower
kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman) (04/22/91)
I got mine last week. An interesting thing:
On the back of the book, above the price, it says, "Promotional Copy - Not for
Resale". Interesting, huh?
Michael
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| lost in time - like tears in rain. Time to die. Roy Batty horstman@mathcs.sjsu.edu (Cay Horstmann) (04/23/91)
In article <863@saxony.pa.reuter.COM> tar@pa.reuter.COM (Dan Tarnower) writes: >I called Borland about the Petzold book. I sent in the card on >March 12. > >They told me that a distribution house named "DPAS" is handling the >book, and they have nothing to do with it. They gave me a number >for DPAS: (800) 345-2888 > >I called them, and they said "a programming bug" has held up the >shipments. The problem was only corrected this week, and shipping >has only just started. > >They said that if I didn't get my book by next Friday (4/26), then >I should call them back. Believe me, I will... > I got my Petzold book today, so they seem to be up and running now. I was surprised too to see the stuff coming in a plain white box out of Gilroy, CA (the garlic capitol of the world). The package also included a copy of the help compiler for windows hypertext help. Good show! Cay
rafiq@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Salik "slick" Rafiq) (04/29/91)
In article <1991Apr23.040742.7914@mathcs.sjsu.edu> horstman@mathcs.sjsu.edu (Cay Horstmann) writes: >In article <863@saxony.pa.reuter.COM> tar@pa.reuter.COM (Dan Tarnower) writes: >>I called Borland about the Petzold book. I sent in the card on >>March 12. >> >>They told me that a distribution house named "DPAS" is handling the >>book, and they have nothing to do with it. They gave me a number >>for DPAS: (800) 345-2888 >> >>I called them, and they said "a programming bug" has held up the >>shipments. The problem was only corrected this week, and shipping >>has only just started. >> >>They said that if I didn't get my book by next Friday (4/26), then >>I should call them back. Believe me, I will... >> >I got my Petzold book today, so they seem to be up and running now. >I was surprised too to see the stuff coming in a plain white box out >of Gilroy, CA (the garlic capitol of the world). The package also >included a copy of the help compiler for windows hypertext help. Good show! I got my copy of Petzold about 2 weeks ago, only about 10 days after I sent my card in. I didn't get my Help Compiler though...(maybe its on of those (not available outside of USA) deals?) I guess I'll have to call them. Salik. -- Salik Rafiq internet: rafiq@ccu.UManitoba.CA Department of Computer Science rafiq@cs.UManitoba.CA University of Manitoba BITNET: rafiq@UOFMCC Winnipeg,Manitoba
rich@wiley.uucp (Rich Messenger) (04/30/91)
At the risk of offending those who abhor endless followups to
articles, I thought I'd add my own datapoint so those of you who are
interested can guage whether or not to be worried yet.
I send my registration card in on March 17, and received the Petzold
book and the help compiler kit today (April 29).
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/ \_(_(__/ /_ {uunet,cit-vax,trwrb}!wiley!richmlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) (05/01/91)
In article <1991Apr28.232447.21934@ccu.umanitoba.ca> rafiq@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Salik "slick" Rafiq) writes:
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<>I got my Petzold book today, so they seem to be up and running now.
<>... The package also
<>included a copy of the help compiler for windows hypertext help. Good show!
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<I got my copy of Petzold about 2 weeks ago, only about 10 days after
<I sent my card in. I didn't get my Help Compiler though...(maybe
<its on of those (not available outside of USA) deals?)
Not to worry. I received the help compiler directly from Borland,
without even having asked for it. Probably the first time they ever
used the "registered users" list to send me software automatically!
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