student@covax.co.iup.edu (student) (03/08/91)
Montgomery Grant offers you the option of an "extended service contract" for an additional $125+. This basically replaces the warranty, and I wouldn't be surprised if they simply sent faulty machines to an authorized repair center, using the original warranties of the machines. Buying from them is more or less like buying used machines--some of them are actually physically used, and none come with regular warranties. You might as well look for a used machine, which will be a lot cheaper than even MG's prices. Carlos Disclaimer: Disclaiming.
judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) (03/08/91)
I know of someone who purchased disks at MG, and upon using them at home, found an old game of one of the supposedly new blank disk. rory
student@covax.co.iup.edu (student) (03/18/91)
Not aware of MG's spotty reputation, I purchased both a C64 system and
an Amiga 500 system from their retail store under Madison Square Garden, NYC.
The 1541 drive I bought went out of whack twice, but each time I was able
to have it repaired--under the supposedly nonexistent warranty, free of
charge. (It did take 2-3 months each time, though.) In the Amiga 500
system, the power supply was shot, so I went back to the store and had
it replaced in a few minutes, with no fuss. Both the 64 and Amiga
components were plastic-wrapped, and it didn't look as if they were used.
I sent in the warranty cards, and nobody complained. I'm sure that if
something went wrong with the Amiga, I could have it repaired free, just like
the 1541 drive. It's true that the people working at MG are slightly
less than courteous and have minute gaps in their computer knowledge, but
overall I was satisfied, if not overly excited.
Carlos
Disclaimer: These are my opinions, and you can say anything you want. It's
a free country, and it really doesn't make all that much
difference to me.814translgto@sacemnet.af.mil (814TRANSLGTO) (05/15/91)
HaS ANYONE noticed the latest advertisements by Montgomery Grant"?? They show an Amiga 2000, look close at the picture, the disk Drives are on the wrong side of the CPU. Peter J. Hundt