--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:
> Personally, when and if mine ever shows up at CC, then I'll be paying with
> *cash*.
Don't sweat it. NP has already said that only units ordered directly
from them are subject to automatic account activation on the credit card
that ordered it. Fair or not; legal or not; that is their policy. Units
ordered through CC are not activated until plugged into the phone system
and turned on. After all, they ship those whenever and they sit around
at CC until they are bought (if they weren't 1000's of units backlogged ;-)
There's no way to regulate that.
The bad news is that NP is explictly shipping to direct customers in
preference to CC customers. Mine is still on backorder through CC and
likely will be for weeks. I'm number 10 out of 100 at my store alone.
There are six stores within driving distance. They have received two
units in two weeks. :-(
The only good news is that units with a 21-Mar-2000 manufacture date appear
to be unmodified. Who knows what the future may bring. For the $106 mine
will cost (with tax), I'll take the risk that I have to remove epoxy or
solder in a header.
-ethan
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Received on Tue Mar 28 2000 - 15:29:21 BST