Would post it, but no longer in my trash "folder". It maybe in another place but that's at work and will look tomorrow.
-pete On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Would you be willing to post the message you received from FG? If your > description of the response were typical I would stay away too. But my > experience has been otherwise. If they were out-of-line they should know > about it and take corrective action. They perform a useful service, and > good customer relations helps them perform that service. > > -Denis > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Pete Lancashire <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So I emailed FG, a few days later received a reply that basically said >> "you have to be kidding, why the heck should we waste our time, btw we >> have this store that has great stuff it in with prices higher than >> Ebay even with shipping. >> >> Oh .. I was in the 'hood so I dropped in, let's see a as-is Mac cube >> thing, said AS-IS $25, a crappy Dell desktop, the ones the sell on CL >> for $10 or Goodwill (with their > $750K CEO) for $20-30, price $100 >> with 1GB memory. How about a USB (not C) cable for $5. PC keyboard >> with a missing key for $5. 17" LCD for $80, same model as the one I >> got at Goodwill for $20. Old DC-600 tape cartridges marked down to $18 >> from $25, AS-IS no return. >> >> Sure glad I didn't go out of my way. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Pete Lancashire <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I am no longer looking for any, when the contract was completed the >> > customer purchased the system from me, I currently do not have a >> > requirement. >> > >> > In retrospect I'm glad FG declined, I was willing at the time to >> > offer up to $100 per drive, but acquired some for $5 each plus a 50 >> > miles round trip. >> > >> > -pete >> > >> > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 6:19 PM, Jim Karlock <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I got several hits when I entered 8" floppy on ebay. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> JK >> >> >> >> >> >> At 05:04 PM 1/8/2017, you wrote: >> >>>Sadly I've given up on FG. I was looking for a couple 8" DS floppy >> >>>drives, had a request to see if I could recover some CAD data. Someone >> >>>said the same thing so I called FG. Confirmed they still had them but >> >>>they would not sell them to me, had to be scrapped, gave some super >> >>>lame excuses. >> >>> >> >>>-pete >> >>> >> >>>On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > Dropped two machines with that sort of board in them off at Free >> Geek a bit >> >>> > over a week ago. >> >>> > >> >>> > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Pete Lancashire < >> [email protected]> >> >>> > wrote: >> >>> > >> >>> >> Anyone have an old PC K7 or newer that has at least 2 EISA slots >> that >> >>> >> they no longer want ? >> >>> >> >> >>> >> -pete >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> >>> >> PLUG mailing list >> >>> >> [email protected] >> >>> >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >>> >> >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > -- >> >>> > >> >>> > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- >> >>> > Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. >> >>> > The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. >> >>> > _______________________________________________ >> >>> > PLUG mailing list >> >>> > [email protected] >> >>> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >>>_______________________________________________ >> >>>PLUG mailing list >> >>>[email protected] >> >>>http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> PLUG mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
