great site

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Tue Feb 12 12:09:13 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: g_at_kurico.com [mailto:g_at_kurico.com]

> Has anyone tryed purchasing anything from these guys? Their
> site has come up on
> the list before.

I have. Just recently, in fact. I purchased two items -- a
laserdisc player and an SGI Indy.

The Laserdisc player was purchased with the understanding that
they'd test it to make sure it powered up. It did, however
it was trashed internally. Not a big problem, since I understood
that it might be when I purchased it.

There was a shipping mix-up on that item, and they sent my LD
player to somebody else, and send me this guy's mac clone. (I
think I'd rather have the Mac clone at this point, though the
LD player may be repairable...)

The SGI was supposed to be tested and working, but shipped to me
with some problems. The drive sled had become loose in shipping,
and somehow managed to knock the RTC out of its socket half-way.

Needless to say, it wouldn't
power up when I got it. After carefully reseating the RTC,
I managed to get it to turn on, but it wouldn't boot properly.

I ended up having to ship it back. It seems that the power
supply was bad. It was eventually replaced and sent back to
me.

The system is now in working order, however, the CD drive
I got with the system seems to be having some trouble.
(seemingly random read errors, for instance) They have
offered to ship me a second CD drive and allow me to keep
this one (which again may be repairable) for the cost of
shipping. (this is really fine with me, since I like that
drive, and I'd like to get it working for use as a spare)

At any rate, I'm expecting the new drive sometime soon.

The problem is that I placed my orders originally in early
December. They're a little slow in responding.

If you can put up with that, and with the fact that what you
order from them may not be well tested -- if my experience is
any indication -- I don't imagine you'll have a problem dealing
with them.

The prices are certainly good. They also seem like decent
people, and sometimes know what they're talking about.

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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