Re: DO NOT BUY FROM SHREVE SYSTEMS!!

[din@gradin.cis.upenn.edu (Clarence Din)]

In article <tgibbs-ya02408000R0503971016020001@128.197.252.149>,
terrell gibbs <tgibbs@bu.edu> wrote:
>In article <5edhqi$mkr@elaine17.Stanford.EDU>, dimple@leland.Stanford.EDU
>(Ardith-Grace Jacint Ibanez) wrote:

>:DO NOT BUY FROM SHREVE SYSTEMS!!
>:I recently ordered system 7.5 for my LC III and 7 days later I received
>:System 7.5 for a Power Macintosh 5200/75.   Not being the first time that
>:I've been sent an incorrect product, I called the 800 number to explain
>:the problem. They told me that the only way that I could get a refund or
>:to return the product was to call their toll number in Louisanna (I live
>:in California). I called the toll number and the phone rang for about 5
>:minutes. Even if they were to answer, the price that I would be paying for
>:the product with the addition of phone bills and time makes buying from
>:Shreve Systems a completely foolhearty idea. Don't make the same mistake
>:that I did. Do not buy from Shreve Systems.
>Sorry to hear about your difficulties. I've bought from Shreve a couple of
>times, with no problem.

Thanks for the warning, however, I, too, have purchased from Shreve
with no problems.  I bought a System 7.5 CD from them for some
ridiculously low price (at the time) and the only injustice they did
me was not to include the box.  To save $40+, I could live w/o a box.

Clarence