871323o@aucs.uucp (Oliver Oey) (07/29/89)
Has anyone owned or seen the Cobra hard drive from Rodime? There is a short review on page 35 of July issue of MacUser. I ordered one from CDA Computer Sales more than a month ago. The one I ordered is a 45MB internal model for the Mac SE, the average access time is 18ms, priced at US$649. When I placed the order, the sales representative said they have the drive in stock and I should receive it in about 10 days after they got my remittance. I have already phoned them twice. The first time the lady said they were waiting the shipment from Rodime to arrive on July 14 and the drives will be shipped out to the customers right away. The second time I phoned, a lady said the same thing, only the date has changed to July 28. And she also promised to phone me when they ship out my order. And my phone has been quiet all day (July 28). A friend of mine bought his entire computer system from CDA. Later on he also purchased a CMS internal hard drive from them. He has always been getting fast services and he recommened CDA to me. I'm wondering if anyone of you have the same kind of experience as me? I think maybe I should cancel the order next week.
truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) (08/01/89)
871323o@aucs.uucp (Oliver Oey) writes: >Has anyone owned or seen the Cobra hard drive from Rodime? I think that these are a brand new product line for Rodime. The review may have been based on a pre-release unit. > I have already phoned them twice. The first time the lady said they were >waiting the shipment from Rodime to arrive on July 14 and the drives will >be shipped out to the customers right away. The second time I phoned, >a lady said the same thing, only the date has changed to July 28. And >she also promised to phone me when they ship out my order. And my phone >has been quiet all day (July 28). The person helping you on the phone should have mentioned my comment above if it is indeed the case. Other than that, seems ok. Question: after all of the known problems with Rodime recently, what prompted you to invest your dollars as a "quality control test site"? I didn't read the review; was it really that glowing? I would have to let many others prove any Rodime products reliable before I would even consider them for anything. And I learned a long time ago about trying to save a few dollars on sub-standard merchandise -- it ALWAYS ends up costing more. Any thoughts on this from other netters? --scott -- Scott Truesdell