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Article #283431Re: Gateway 2000 Computers
From: TalonCLaw
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 00:00
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Buy a Dell. It was a much happier experience for me. Benton Jackson wrote in message <01bcde17$f43a3240$49b684d0@pelican>... >Mistakes are always made, we are all human. Also, despite all of the >burn-in, there is always infant mortality. Of course, you seem to >have gotten more than your share here. Thats probably just bad luck. >Be thankful that Gateway is bending over backwards trying to help. >I have seen mailorder firms that flatly deny there is a problem, >and would not have shipped a machine to you until they had the >original in their hands. You would still be waiting for step 2. > >theodore paul jr branham <bra...@cis.ohio-state.edu> wrote in article ><34478F...@cis.ohio-state.edu>... >> hmmm, >> I just recently bought a 266 with the AGP and everything. Here's the >> problems I've had so far (In less than a month) >> >> 1. Sent wrong computer >> 2. Sent Replacement, UPS wanted to get back old computer and another COD >> 3. Correct PC had a bad video card according to tech rep >> 4. Sent replacement videio card, wrong one >> 5. Sent correct one, still didn't work, said, oh maybe those beeps mean >> bad motherboard >> 6. Sent another Computer it worked so far >> 7. Modem failed >> 8. upon searching for problem of modem, found had bad partition >> 9. Had to format drive and reinstall all software and take modem from >> computer with bad motherboard (they have not picked it up yet) and put >> it into new one. >> 10. Customer Service sent wrong return labels, (expected me to pay >> shipping for their mistake) >> 11. Uh, not sure yet taking it one week at a time. >> >> So in my humble opinion: DON'T BUY GATEWAY, >> oh yeah, you have to set up driver for soundcard to work in DOS >> yourself. They never do that for some reason. >> >> Paul >>
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