herwin@pro-novapple.cts.com (Harry Erwin) (07/19/90)
Unless FC Business Systems still handles the Apple II, it appears the
Washington DC area just lost its last dealer now that Computerland has gone
"Mac-only." Is the situation similar in other major metropolitan areas?
Harry Erwin
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Applelink: herwinrankins@argentina (raymond r rankins) (07/19/90)
You mean Clinton Computers and Frederick Computer Products no longer carry Apple II stuff? If so, I'm glad I left Maryland when I did. Ray Ray Rankins |(518) 387-7340 | INTERNET: rankins@argentina.crd.ge.com 2 Moonglow Rd. |(518) 583-3320 | COMPUSERVE: 71131,3236 Gansevoort, NY 12831 | | AmericaOnline: RayRankins <insert standard disclaimer here>
rond@pro-grouch.cts.com (Ron Dippold) (07/21/90)
In-Reply-To: message from herwin@pro-novapple.cts.com > Unless FC Business Systems still handles the Apple II, it appears the > Washington DC area just lost its last dealer now that Computerland has > gone "Mac-only." Is the situation similar in other major metropolitan Your Apple dealer was Computerland? God, how horrible. I have yet to run into one computerland anywhere in the U.S.A. where the people had a clue about _any_ computer, including the IBM, much less the Apple II. And they always have such "creative" repair solutions. They wanted to charge me labor to replace the video ROMS on my Apple IIgs (a free upgrade). I brought in a //e with a IIgs motherboard (the upgrade) and spent half an hour convinving the idiots that it was _not_ a //e but a IIgs in a //e case. Even the little IIgs plate they give you for the case didn't convince them. I finally hooked it up to a monitor and drive and showed them. _Then_ they demanded that I tell them what I did. They thought I stole a IIgs motherboard and put it in my //e case! F***ing morons. The didn't happen to me personally, but I had a friend go in whose lithium battery was kaput. Computerland, instead of clipping the battery and installing a new one, wanted to swap his motherboard and charge him for a new one! What a racket... And they're not much better with the Mac and IBM, either, as I have been forced in some cases to deal with them about those. I've seen Computerlands in Seattle, New York, Terre Haute, Indianapolis, and Denver. If there's one here in San Diego, I'm not even going in... UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!rond ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!rond@nosc.mil INET: rond@pro-grouch.cts.com
daveharv@pro-novapple.cts.com (Dave Harvey) (07/21/90)
In-Reply-To: message from rankins@argentina
Clinton Computers is now Computerland Mid-atlantic and Fredrick is not exactly
in the Washington metro area. They're in Woodbridge, VA and Fredrick, Md.
You an special order a //e or //c from Computerland now.
All of their ads now are for macs only.
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P.O. Box 8211, Falls Church, VA 22041 |daveharv@pro-novapple.cts.com (Dave Harvey) (07/22/90)
In-Reply-To: message from rond@pro-grouch.cts.com > Your Apple dealer was Computerland? God, how horrible. I have yet to run > into one computerland anywhere in the U.S.A. where the people had a clue about In the Washington area, Clinton Computer was about the only large Apple dealer About a year ago they sold out more or less to Computerland and now call themselves "Computerland - Mid-atlantic" to tell them apart from the other computerland stores in the area who aren't part of the Clinton empire. proline: pro-novapple!daveharv | uucp: crash!pnet01!pro-novapple!daveharv | Pro-novapple BBS arpa: crash!pnet01!pro-novapple!daveharv@nosc.mil | 300/1200/2400/9600 Baud Internet: daveharv@pro-novapple.cts.com | 703-671-0416 | Northern Virginia Apple Users Group | P.O. Box 8211, Falls Church, VA 22041 |