jeff@drexel.UUCP (Jeff White) (11/05/88)
The subject just about says it all. A coworker is looking into getting a
Mac II based desktop publishing system (Mac II, Radius 2 page display, LW IINT),
and I have found a place that seems to have great prices on the equipment.
There name is Kiwi Computers and I saw their advertisement in the September
and October issues of MacUser.
As I said, their prices seem to be very good (ie. Mac II, 1 Mbyte RAM,
40 Mbyte HD for $3995). The main concern is the reputation of the company.
They only accept checks or money orders (no COD's or credit cards), and since
they are in Los Angles and we are in Philadelphia, you can see the reason he
is worried. Also compounding it is that those two issues were the only ones
in which I've seen their advertisements (I was hoping that if they had ads
for the last 6/9/12 months, they probably were legit).
My coworker doesn't want to take a risk with his $10k purchase, yet at the
same time really doesn't want to spend the extra $1000+ to buy the equipment
from a dealer he has more faith in. Any experience with this company would be
greatly appreciated.
Ps. I've read the recent articles in the other comp.sys newgroups about mail
order horror stories when purchasing with cash/check. If he does have to
bite the bullet and make the purchase with them, one suggestion I already
gave him was to order only one item now (ie. the $695 Radius video board),
and make sure that it arrives in good condition and the company appears
okay before ordering everything (better to rick $700 than $10000).
Jeff White
Drexel University - ECE Dept.
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