Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ncar!gatech!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!jas 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> Distribution: na Organization: Decision Systems Lab., Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA. Lines: 22 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. -- .......................................................................... Jeffrey Sullivan | University of Pittsburgh jas@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu | Intelligent Systems Studies Program jasper@PittVMS.BITNET, jasst3@cisunx.UUCP | Graduate Student