[ale] OT: Ginstar

[Matty]

I second Monarch. They have good prices and a cool staff.

- Ryan

On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 15:42, sangell at nan.net wrote:
> 
> I gave up on Ginstar. Have been buying components from Monarch Computer
> ever since and have been happy with everything thus far and except for some
> items, most of which Ginstar doesn't carry anyway, they are along the same
> price as Ginstar, just a little bit furthur to drive for me is all.
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>                       Vernard Martin                                                                                                   
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> On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 13:22, cfowler wrote:
> > Not to mention the techs seem to hate Linux.
> 
> Strangely enough, I have had no problems with Ginstar when it comes to
> buying what I call "throwaway components". Sounds cards, Nics, low end
> video cards and such. And I get pretty good support if I'm buying
> motherboards as long as I know exactly what I'm buying before I go there
> to get it.
> 
> But their customer support is pathetic. THey are up to speed on the
> latest windows related stuff. And their Techs are afraid to ever admit
> that they are wrong.
> 
> V
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> http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/
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> stuff.
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