On 1/29/03 4:00 PM, "KathyMac!" <Mac4Music at MusiCareOnline.org> wrote: > I really like SmallDog. Nice website and great prices. I, too, have done a lot of business with SmallDog over the years. My track record with refurbs is not unblemished. One machine was simply a lemon, and was never reliable. In recent years, I think refurbs have lost most of their price advantage over simply buying new factory firsts. The problem with SmallDog is their use of e-mail as a bully pulpit. I can tolerate a fair amount of off-topic deviation, but on occasion the SmallDog e-mail newsletter (written by the owner) goes entirely off the deep end with intolerance, brutalizing divergent opinions and slandering anyone perceived politically as relatively conservative, such as Senator Edward Kennedy. Danny Grizzle