[P1] time to switch back

[Brad Lincoln]

I bought a ti-book for my father from PowerMax and it was a good 
experience. When I picked the computer up from their office (I live in 
Portland, Or) the sales man suggested I start the computer  to make 
sure it booted and there were no pixel issues. Any way I recommend them.

-Brad Lincoln

On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 11:18  AM, andy van der raadt wrote:

> hello, world!
>
> I'm new to the list, here. I've been lurking for a little over a week 
> now. I'm looking
> to "switch"-- though I'm beginning to despise the term. I'm not 
> switching, so much
> as "switching back!"-- 17 years of apple affiliation meant little when 
> I finished high
> school, moved out, and hit a fairly restrictive budget-- which meant 
> home-built
> PC clones, for me. A few years passed and now I'm ready to re-join the 
> brethren.
> (Hopefully that ought to differentiate me from the majority of the MS 
> lusers!)
>
> Anyway, introductions taken care of-- I was wondering if anyone has 
> had any
> experience purchasing from PowerMax, before. I'm looking at a refurbed 
> ibook
> 800/12" (I can't get past how poorly the case on the 700/12" looks-- 
> what happened,
> apple?) as the discount and lack of tax more than makes up for the 
> shipping
> to Canada, still leaving some spare change over what I'd get from my 
> student
> discount, here at the University. However, in reading the fine print, 
> I found
> the following disclaimer:
>
> "Note: we do not pay return freight to us on any new or refurbished 
> warranty issue!"
>
> Would I be limited to having PowerMax take care of any "warranty 
> issue" or would
> I be able to exercise the option of taking it to my local Apple 
> Specialist/Service centre
> for repair? (westworld.ca or mymacdealer.com) The prospect of spending 
> another 100$
> CDN on return freight over a DOA ibook worries me, as I'm having 
> difficulty coming up
> with the funds for purchase in the first place. (I almost gave in and 
> bought a Vaio r505
> or a toshiba!)
>
> The customer testimony on the site maintains some rather glowing 
> reviews (and of
> course it would-- why post negative comments?), but what do you guys 
> think about
> them?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> My apologies for the length, and TIA for any advice,
>
>
>     andy van der raadt
>
>        letterspackages at telus.net
>        avand6511 at mymrc.ca
>        calgary, ab
>
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