Good News/Bad news

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Jun 11 16:29:47 2000

No there was no warning before I left it and the manger told me this
kind of thing happens alot there and they try not to let people leave
items there. Had I been told this I would have had the lock it up the
cage they keep the high dollar items in.
John Keys
----- Original Message -----
From: Earl Evans <retro_at_retrobits.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: Good News/Bad news


>
> John,
>
> Congrats on the good finds!
>
> Regarding the System/36, the store's reaction just doesn't seem right
to me.
> I'm glad they found a way to kind of make it up to you, but it
obviously
> wasn't your fault that someone trashed the machine in your absence.
It
> might not have been their fault either, but usually stores are
responsible
> (whether they like it or not) for the mechandise on their premises.
The
> "AS-IS" is irrelevant, because you bought it "AS-WAS". Think of it
this
> way...if someone had trashed it BEFORE you bought it, you (or anyone
else)
> probably wouldn't have paid the $50 for it.
>
> A question: Did they tell you that you were leaving it at your own
risk? If
> not, then it seems that they were implicitly agreeing to the loss.
>
> Another example...you put a down payment on a new car, and the
dealership
> needs you to pick it up the next day. In the meantime, a vandal
breaks all
> the windows (on the dealer's lot), and scratches up the paint. Your
> responsibility? Somehow I don't think so.
>
> I'm not an expert in these matters, but I believe that the store
should step
> up to the loss. My humble opinion.
>
> - Earl
>
> > The bad news is I found a System/36 model 5362 (complete) for $50 at
a
> > thrift in Houston and I paid the folks for it and asked if I could
pick
> > it up the next day as I would need a truck to carry it. They said
ok
> > and when I came back to pick it up someone had trashed the machine
by
> > taking out 5 cards and breaking them up on the floor next to the
unit.
> > I asked the store manager to adjusted the price I had paid for it
but
> > they said I had purchased it "AS IS" and said it was not trashed
when I
> > purchased it the day before. They did agree to lower the price on a
Mac
> > 145B powerbook that I found sitting on the shelf there as a way to
> > settle my problem. I have never had anything like this happen
before.
> > John Keys
> >
>
>
Received on Sun Jun 11 2000 - 16:29:47 BST