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From: jas@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Jeffrey A. Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Look out for this mail order company!
Message-ID: <1183@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU>
Date: 10 May 88 03:01:45 GMT
References: <3688@fluke.COM>
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Organization: Decision Systems Lab., Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.
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Keywords: overpriced twits mail order
Summary: They have always been great with me... must be a fluke!

In article <3688@fluke.COM>, moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
> Anyway, I decided to try out MacWarehouse, the new company in New Jersey
MacWarehouse is not new.  They've been around for about a year, at least.

> which runs the big ads in MacUser and (I think) MacWorld.  Called them up,
> and they said they had it in stock.  Asked the sales represenative how much
> and she said "$395"!  After a few minutes of shock, I asked if she was sure
> of this -- I pointed out that $395 was the *list* price for the program, and
> that I assumed their prices were marked down some (they are in the ads).
> She said "Well, it's the manafacturers suggested retail price."  I said I'd
> do business elsewhere, thanks.
This sounds very unlike MacWarehouse.  Whenever I have dealt with them (on no
less than 3 separate occasions), they have been courteous, quick to ship (
federal express, no less) and have had EXCELLENT prices.  Perhaps this is just
a short-sighted attempt to capitalize on the initial rush of FWP purchasers.

I will always check MacWarehouse first, but I'd certainly not buy that one from
them, especially when I've seen it for $169.

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Jeffrey Sullivan			  | University of Pittsburgh
jas@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu		  | Intelligent Systems Studies Program
jasper@PittVMS.BITNET, jasst3@cisunx.UUCP | Graduate Student