jdg@dolphy.UUCP (Jesse Goodman) (12/18/87)
I'm looking for anyone's experience with Ginsu-level AT Clones; specifically, Osicom and Fountain. If anyone has another to recommend or a place to get it from please let me know. By the way, has anyone had experience with S&W Computers in NYC? Thanks. Jesse Goodman (212)787-3318
jay@splut.UUCP (Jay Maynard) (12/24/87)
In article <166@dolphy.UUCP>, jdg@dolphy.UUCP (Jesse Goodman) writes: > has anyone had experience with S&W Computers in NYC? Thanks. I bought my Video-7 VEGA Deluxe from them. They advertise low prices, but watch out: they charge more than any other outfit I've seen for shipping and handling - enough so to make me believe that they use it as an additional profit generator. They charged me $30 to send the thing UPS Blue, and then didn't send it that way! It took me two months and several letters and phone calls to get them to refund the extra charge - and they only refunded $15 of that. $15 for shipping and handling a single, half-card-sized purchase (the shipping charge was all of $2.65) is a ripoff. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they charge $50-70 for S&H of a computer... -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC (@WB5BBW)...>splut!< | GEnie: JAYMAYNARD CI$: 71036,1603 uucp: {uunet!nuchat,academ!uhnix1,{ihnp4,bellcore,killer}!tness1}!splut!jay Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity. The opinions herein are shared by none of my cats, much less anyone else.
dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) (12/24/87)
In article <166@dolphy.UUCP>, jdg@dolphy.UUCP writes: > ...By the way, > has anyone had experience with S&W Computers in NYC? Thanks. Yes, I have bought two Epson printers from S&W in the past six weeks. Both were delivered within one week of my telephone order, and worked correctly out of the box. A word of caution, however. Know what you're buying! When I ordered an Epson EX-1000, I asked the salesman if the tractor-feed was included. He told me it was a $59 option. When the printer arrived, it became very obvious that the tractor feed, on that model, is built-in, and is not optional. I called S & W and complained that I should not have been charged extra for it, and they agreed to credit the charge-card account I'd used when paying for it. Assuming the credit shows up eventually, I have no complaints at all about S & W, but next time, I'll do my homework before calling them. -- Dave Levenson Westmark, Inc. A node for news. Warren, NJ USA {rutgers | clyde | mtune | ihnp4}!westmark!dave