gjw@clyde.UUCP (Gregory J. Wroclawski) (12/17/84)
On November 7th I had placed an order for a Passport to replace my stolen Escort. At that time I was told that my unit would be shipped on December 10th. This past weekend I received a letter from Cincinnati Microwave that my unit would not be shipped any time in the near future. To maintain customer rapport they are sending out a package of a full color brochure and the Passport owners manual to all people on their order list. Since, it was obvious that my unit was not shipped on the promised date I called their toll free number to find out the whole story. Now they are indicating that my unit is to be shipped on February 3rd !. I was told that they were receiving many defective circuit boards and that they had to go through a redesign during which time production was halted. Has anybody out there in net land ordered one early enough to receive it yet?. I am getting the feeling that they really haven't started production yet. The SMD (Surface Mounted Device) technology is very tricky to implement. We are using it on the project I am involved with at work now and our physical design department is having its headaches. Happy Motoring, Greg Wroclawski
loucl@homxa.UUCP (L.CHANLIZAROO) (12/18/84)
From: gjw@clyde.UUCP (Gregory J. Wroclawski) > On November 7th I had placed an order for a Passport to replace >my stolen Escort. At that time I was told that my unit would be >shipped on December 10th. This past weekend I received a letter from > ... >to find out the whole story. Now they are indicating that my unit is >to be shipped on February 3rd !. I was told that they were receiving >many defective circuit boards and that they had to go through a redesign >during which time production was halted. Has anybody out there in net >land ordered one early enough to receive it yet?. I am getting the > ... > > Happy Motoring, > Greg Wroclawski > > I ordered my PASSPORT in late October. Like Greg, I received a letter that my unit will be shipped by December 10th. I gave Cin. Microwave a call on the 14th to find out whether they have shipped the unit yet. The person answering the phone was very polite, but he did indicate that they have production problems. He also mentioned that it would be very optimistic if I could get it befor the end of the year. Well, imagine my surprise when I got home today (12/18) at lunchtime to find a box from Cin. Microwave shipped Federal Express Priority One Package. I opened it, and there it was, (drum roll) A BRAND NEW PASSPORT. Since I got it this afternoon, I have not reviewed the performance of the machine, but it is definitely SMALL!!! Since I going on vacation, I will not be able to report the performance for some time. So, Greg, hang in there, you might get it before Feb 3. Good things come to those who wait. -- louis chan ..!ihnp4!homxa!loucl "Don't blame me, I'm just putting my 2 cents in!"