[aclug-L] Re: CD-R and ATX case vendor recommendations

[Greg House <ghouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've had similar good luck with them. I've placed dozens of orders with them 
over the last 3-4 years and I don't remember anything ever being messed up. 
Got a case with a DOA floppy in it once, which they promptly replaced (cross 
shipped me a new one). 

But.. I haven't ordered anything from them in 6 months or so. My friend 
bought some SIMMs from them awhile back that were bad. We put them in 3 
different motherboards (different brands of mobos even...) and they wouldn't 
even show up. Comp Geeks jacked him around on returning them, claiming the 
memory was fine, just "incompatible with his motherboard". Well, if so, they 
needed to provide the name of a motherboard it'd work in 'cause as far as I'm 
concerned it was cooked before he got it. They finally did refund his money, 
but charged him a 15% restocking fee, which I thought was bogus. That one 
deal totally soured my friend on mail order/internet purchases. He won't buy 
anything except from a local dealer now.

Greg


On Wednesday 14 February 2001 07:31, you wrote:
> John -
>
> When were these orders placed?
>
> Every order that I have placed with them in the past two years have come on
> time (with in ten days of placing the order) in clean packaging with every
> item ordered in the package....
>
> My most recent was placed the first week in January when they were in
> middle of moving to a new warehouse....
>
> --David
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Hall" <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 12:28 AM
> Subject: [aclug-L] Re: CD-R and ATX case vendor recommendations
>
> > Just a word of warning re: compgeeks.com.
> >
> > In the past I've had good experience with them, but my most recent order
>
> has
>
> > convinced me never to buy anything else from them.
> >
> > 1) I ordered (amoung other things) a video card.  The order arrived, and
>
> the
>
> > video card was not in the package... the static bag and manual was, but
> > no vid card.  It took me about 8 phone calls, 3 e-mails, and 4 months to
> > get them to agree to refund me for the video card they never shipped.
> >
> > 2) As part of the same order, I ordered a used P60 system.  It did
>
> arrive...
>
> > but the CPU inside the case was loose and rattling around--as a result a
> > good number of the pins were broken.  Also, the keyboard that came with
>
> the
>
> > system was covered in some nasty grease.
> >
> > 3) The box containing the order had 3 or 4 'trash' items... some torn
>
> paper,
>
> > an empty roll of packing tape, etc.
> >
> > I've just decided they're rather unprofessional, and I'm not willing to
>
> wait
>
> > another 4 months for them to fix an order if they get another one wrong.
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 11:26:56PM -0600, David Carmichael wrote:
> > > Nate -
> > >
> > > If you do not mind doing mail order you might want to check out the
> > > following case from "Computer Geeks"
> > > http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=205-4260
> > >
> > > At another link at there web site you can get the same case with a
>
> floppy
>
> > > drive speakers, keyboard, mouse for only $10 more.
> > >
> > > It is a very nice case with plenty of cooling vents, slide on sides,
> > > removable motherboard plate.
> > >
> > > The only case that I have seen that is better PRICE vers FEATURES is an
> > > "Enlight" brand case and there, most of the time you have to purchase
>
> the
>
> > > power supply as a stand alone item for $40+
> > >
> > > --David
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Nate Bargmann" <n0nb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: "Air Cap Linux Users Group" <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 9:17 PM
> > > Subject: [aclug-L] CD-R and ATX case vendor recommendations
> > >
> > > > Hi All.
> > > >
> > > > A couple questions.  First we have gone over what kind of CD-R media
>
> is
>
> > > > prefered, or at least thought to be better.  I need to purchase some
> > > > media for use at work, although I have yet to get a CD-R drive
> > > > myself. What brand name/model of media is prefered, which should I
> > > > avoid like the plague?  Of course, I think I shall refrain from the
> > > > no-name shrink-wrapped bundle of disks.  I was looking at the Sony
> > > > media, but while it appears to have a silver reflective I believe it
> > > > uses a blue dye, which I'm not sure is good or not.  I happened to be
> > > > looking at CompUSA at the media available and asked a passing sales
> > > > associate his thoughts and he pointed toward a dusty stack of Kodak
> > > > CD-R media with
>
> a
>
> > > > gold reflective layer.  I'm not sure if he was trying to move old
>
> stock,
>
> > > > or not...
> > > >
> > > > Second, I am looking for a mid-tower ATX case.  CompUSA has a couple
>
> of
>
> > > > models for $65 and $70, the difference being a 250 or 300 Watt power
> > > > supply.  Is there another vendor around town to recommend (I'm not
> > > > thoroughly keen on giving CompUSA my hard earned cash and would
> > > > rather patronize a local concern)?  I tried stopping by National
> > > > Computer,
>
> but
>
> > > > a sign on their door states the outlet store will only be open on
> > > > Saturdays after January 30th.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > - Nate >>
> > > >
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