--- Forwarded Message from "Jonathan White" <[log in to unmask]> ---

>From: "Jonathan White" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: #7305 Builtsmart Laptops ?!
>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:34:55 +0000

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I don't know about other members of this list, but I am very much inclined 
to distrust any company, such as this "Electronic Parts Corporation," that 
uses mass-mailed spam as its primary marketing vehicle.  I get spam from 
these guys at least once per day, and know many friends and relatives who do 
as well.  I also believe that, in principle, it's best to avoid purchasing 
any product advertised in this way, as you are then validating the 
effectiveness of their spam marketing model.

This is not to mention their nigh-on-comical descriptions of their 
products... advertising the "blazing speed" of a 1GHz Transmeta Crusoe -- 
pushing the usual marketing exaggeration to excess.

I would imagine these guys would be very hard to get post-purchase support 
from.  It strikes me as a rather fly-by-night operation.  You'd be better 
off spending the money now for a vendor who is a known quantity than 
spending it later when you find your laptops showing up DOA and the vendor 
who sold them to you has suddenly declared bankruptcy or otherwise vanished.



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Jonathan White
Technical Coordinator
Center for English Language
and Orientation Programs
Boston University
http://www.bu.edu/celop/
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>From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum  
>             <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: #7305 Builtsmart Laptops ?!
>Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:06:55 EST
>
>--- Forwarded Message from waltje <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:45:57 -0500
> >From: waltje <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Builtsmart Laptops ?!
>
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>
>Hello friends and colleagues:
>
>I am looking into buying wireless PC-laptops from a company called ePC
>Parts (Canoga Park, CA); they sell discounted/very affordable machines
>under the brand name "Builtsmart."
>
>Has anyone dealt with this company or bought any "Builtsmart" computers
>(e.g. the 1300 D wireless AMD) and can provide an opinion?  If so, please
>contact me off-list at
>
>[log in to unmask]
>
>Thanks a lot!   J$F6rg
>
>
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>Dr. J$F6rg Waltje
>Director LRC
>Ohio University
>Gordy Hall 17 D
>Athens, Ohio 45701 (USA)
>
>Ph: (740) 593-2748
>Fax: (740) 593-0729
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