dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) (09/06/90)
If you are planning to purchase a hard drive soon from Hard Drives International (HDI), be sure to emphasize that you would like a TESTED drive and the CORRECT CORDS. I convinced a Mac user at work that he should buy from these guys, since I had purchased a POWERDrive Quantum 105meg for my //GS a month ago and have been very happy with it. Well, he got his drive yesterday. It came with a EUROPEAN power cord! (Notice we live in Oregon) He stole the cord from his printer to power it up, and the drive was totally dead! I have heard of only one other person through the net that has had problems with HDI. Is there incompetence common, or are these just flukes? Nothing against HDI's drives, once you get a functional one (they have good prices, too). I love mine. I'm just concerned that I have recommended an irresponsible company. Dale LaFountain dalel@servio.SLC.COM
weihrich@uniol.UUCP (Thomas Weihrich) (09/08/90)
dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) writes: >If you are planning to purchase a hard drive soon from Hard Drives >International (HDI), be sure to emphasize that you would like a >TESTED drive and the CORRECT CORDS. I convinced a Mac user at work > stuff deleted >Well, he got his drive yesterday. It came with a EUROPEAN power cord! >(Notice we live in Oregon) He stole the cord from his printer to power >it up, and the drive was totally dead! No wonder. 220 Volts are standard in Europe. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thomas Weihrich weihrich@uniol.uucp bitnet : 025482@doluni1 > We had joy, we had fun, we had PACMAN for the SUN ... < -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ed@sli.com (Ed Dekker) (09/14/90)
I have had a problem with Hard Drives International. I ordered the external mount kit for my Colorado Jumbo tape drive. They shipped the kit without the adapter board. When I called they tried to convince me that I needed to order the board separatly (for another $100). I called Colorado to confirm this an was told that the board WAS part of the kit and that Colorado has had "lots of these problems with HDI". HDI did send the board after I told them of the conversation with Colorado. I do not plan to do business with HDI in the future. Ed
rs.miller@pro-harvest.cts.com (Randy Miller) (09/17/90)
In-Reply-To: message from ed@sli.com Oh? Nearly everyone in the MesSy-DOS world raves about this company! PC Magazine, a few years ago, rated the mail order houses a few years back, and HDI came out on top. As Jerry Pournelle has always said, If you don't know what you're doing, DEAL WITH SOMEONE WHO DOES! Randy Randy Miller proline:rs.miller@pro-harvest uucp:crash!pro-harvest!rs.miller internet:rs.miller@pro-harvest.cts.com Never teach a pig to sing. You'll drive yourself nuts, and annoy the pig.