Charlie
Wed Dec 27 23:38:12 CST 2006
FWIW, I had good luck with Directron in Texas when I lived in the states.
Their prices were good, and they shipped what they said they would. And when
I paid them to build a system, it was done well and neatly, and packaged
well for shipment.
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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
"DP" <nospamxx@xyzddd.com> wrote in message
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> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
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>>I too watched the tracker and noticed that there is no way that the boxes
>>could have sat on a bench for the claimed burn-in period. When it goes
>>from warehouse to assembly to QA and out the door in a workday its
>>obvious. I think the real reason I bought from them was that they seemed
>>to be first to actually ship new technology I wanted.
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> I guess it's a roll of the dice. Judging from complaints I read, people
> know about the company's rep but buy from them anyway because they like
> the prices and they hope that they're not the ones who are going to get
> burned. I guess for every complaint you read on resellerratings.com, there
> are thousands of other customers who are happy. My experience was not
> terrific, but it was not terrible.
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> Certainly not the place for someone who might be afraid to open up the
> case to fix something Cyberpower screwed up, as both you and I had to do.
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> I've found a much more reputable builder, smaller but a little more
> expensive, that I've come to trust. I've gotten three machines from him
> already (lost one of those in the hurricane as well).
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