Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!elroy!cit-vax!ucla-cs!flowers From: flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac magazine review continue Message-ID: <9582@shemp.UCLA.EDU> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 18:12:30 EST Article-I.D.: shemp.9582 Posted: Tue Dec 1 18:12:30 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 09:06:31 EST References: <34557@sun.uucp> <430009@hpcea.CE.HP.COM> <4529@well.UUCP> <18717@amdahl.amdahl.com> <1109@lzsc.ATT.COM> Sender: root@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU (Margot Flowers) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 27 Keywords: magazines, opinion In article <1109@lzsc.ATT.COM> mkg@lzsc.ATT.COM (Marsh Gosnell) writes: >... The sad part >of all this is that Icon Review has reportedly cleaned up their act and has >adopted the kinds of policies that should be standard in the business >(credit cards aren't charged until shipment, honest about out of stock >items, etc.) I wonder how recently those standards were supposed to take effect? Two weeks ago, I had one of their sales people tell me that Word Finder was in stock. He sounded like such a sleeze used-car salesman type that I didn't want to order from him for fears of having the order messed up ("Sure it's in stock. Now, let me look, what was it you were interested in again?"). So I hung up and called up again, the next person told me it was out of stock and there was a waiting list. Of course maybe the second was wrong and the first was correct, but ... One difference between mail order places which are honest and reliable and those which aren't might be the issue of commission. The first sleaze salesman was so insistant on my knowing his name (which I'm including in a letter I'm sending them) made me suspect that they worked on commission. The second one confirmed that they did when I asked him. By contrast, the person I spoke to most recently at MacConnection told me they did NOT work on commission and seemed surprised at even the idea. Margot Flowers Flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU ...!{ucbvax|ihnp4}!ucla-cs!flowers