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From: csun@netcom.com (Charles Sun)
Subject: Re: WANTED : Miniboard
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 16:06:00 GMT
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Perhaps one way to avoid such incident is to buy your kits with C.O.D.
The extra C.O.D. cost for UPS delivery is about $4.50 and you can probably
open the box and inspect the content before payment.

Just a suggestion.

Charles Sun
EMAIL: csun@netcom.com

Dwayne J Fontenot (fontenot@ruf.rice.edu) wrote:
: In article <french.758584636@cgl.ucsf.edu> french@socrates.ucsf.edu (Don French) writes:
: >dtroup@carroll1.cc.edu (David C. Troup) writes:
: >
: >>	Some time ago someone was offering Miniboard boards and components
: >>(kit and pre-made) in comp.robotics. I'm looking to get a miniboard but
: >>I've lost the information since then. Could someone point me in the right
: >>direction? Thanks... (if it's in the comp.robotics FAQ, then sorry for the
: >>post!)
: >
: >If it was the guy in Columbus, OH (Gergory Ratcliffe, I think), you might be
: >well to think of other sources.  I sent him $100 in August, got no 
: >acknowledgment of receipt of the money, and *still* have not received my
: >miniboard!  I have communicated with him twice on the matter and he first
: >said he was waiting for parts, then said he just forgot me and will send 
: >the goods, but still nothing.  Forewarned is forearmed.
: >
: >-- 
: >Don French (french@cgl.ucsf.edu)

: Yeah, the same thing happened to me, except I sent on the order of $325 in
: August. I sent him email after about 2 months with no word and he said they
: were waiting for microswitches, which would be available in 4-8 weeks from
: that date. Since then I have heard nothing.

: Dwayne Fontenot

