OTA hatred?

[Matthew Godycki]

> 
> The other place I've gone is .. um .. the wholesale place, Canada
> Computers or something like that. Same area. I bought a $220 used
> computer but couldn't get it to boot with the Mandrake 9 CDs that I
> had. I brought it back on a Sunday at twenty to five and the head tech
> worked with me to get it working .. I finally upgraded to a $250 box,
> paying the difference, and glad to, because that one worked.
> 
> They could have given me a flat 'no', they could have told me to come
> back another day, but instead they worked on solving the problem. Trust
> ne, I'm a big fan of that attitude. They made $30 off me that
> afternoon, but they also bought lots of customer loyalty. Some of their
> used boxes look like hell, but for $200 or so they are fantastic to run
> Linux on.
> 

I've bought buttloads of hardware at Canada Computers over the years, as have many of my friends.  I can't recall a single problem that wasn't resolved to our satisfaction.  You certainly don't get the dept store type of service, they can be a little more abrupt, but they've always helped me.

OTA I've stayed away from, I've heard lots of stories about them before.  In fact, wasn't there an "I hate OTA" website which chronicled horrible OTA experiences floating around a few years back?

-Matt

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