Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!olivea!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!quadrophenia.ucdavis.edu!ccjason
From: ccjason@quadrophenia.ucdavis.edu (Jason Gabler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: disgruntled.. not a flame.. to cdrom.com
Date: 14 Sep 1995 14:40:42 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis
Lines: 56
Message-ID: <439eta$gbq@mark.ucdavis.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: quadrophenia.ucdavis.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
I wrote the following PRIVATE letter to info@cdrom.com, now over a
month ago. I was agitated enough originally, but now its a month and still
no reply. I thought perhaps soe other employee of WC CDROM might see
this and
respond....
---- begin included text
From ccjason Sun Aug 13 17:03:57 1995
Subject: sigh.. getting it fr the source
To: info@cdrom.com
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 17:03:57 -0700 (PDT)
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24]
Content-Type: text
Content-Length: 23
Hi WC CDROM folks,
Yesterday (Sat Aug 12) just before closing time I walked into the
front office there at 4041 Pike Ln. and purchased the FreeBSD 2.0.5 RELEASE
CDROM. I was quite surprised at the the $38 some-odd dollar price. But I
surmised two things: 1) well, its fairly new maybe its still expensive and
I want it to day , especially since 2) I drove a little road trip from S.F.
to Concord to purchase this little piece of platic and aluminum, I was not
going to go home empty handed.
So today a friend called me who went to a small (!) computer show
in the Sacto area. She bought the same CDROM for $12 (yep! TWELVE!). Boy,
do I feel duped. I've had this mystical-aura feeling about you guys at WC
CDROM, mostly because of the most superb job you all do with FreeBSD. But
usually, when you take the time to buy from the source, you pay less than
people who go thru the source, the wholeseller , and then the retailer. I
paid in excess of 300% right from the horses mouth. There is no promise of
free upgrades, or even discounted upgrades from paying such a bloated
price.
This is not a flame nor hate mail. I just feel I go thru alot
to promote FreeBSD around my office, on IRC and on USENET, and here I get
duped by those whom I look upon with high regard; I had the need to vent my
frustration a bit.
---- end included text
--
Vale,
jason
.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
` Jason Gabler jygabler@ucdavis.edu `
' campus office: 916-752-9215 home office: 415-752-1969 '
'----------------------------------------------------------------------`
` Schizophrenic? I'm bleeding Quadrophenic '
'----------------------------------------------------------------------`
' Distributed Computing Analysis & Support, Information Technology, UCD'
` Kerberos/Security X Windows Support DCN Sys Admin `
`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'