[Discuss] trying to get quotes on a server.....

[David Frey]

On 5/3/2006, "Andrew Burgess" <greydragon at gmail.com> wrote:

>Some times I get the feeling that shops/stores/companies don't give a
>damn about their customers. I'm trying to get a quote on a server (amd
>dule core, raid, gig of mem, 250 gig HD's etc) and every time I
>contact one store or another I'm either ignored like a diseased rat or
>told that because I want to use linux I need to do my own research on
>the hardware. I'm of the opinion that if I came into any one of the
>shops I would probably get better service if I said I had ebola or
>AIDS. this is quite distressing as I have a short time to replace a
>server at my clients place befor it finaly goes byebye of old age.
>anyone have any opinions or ideas?
>Thanks.
>Andrew.
>_______________________________________________


Where are you shopping?

I think that a place like atic or ncix that only makes money because they
do large volume with low overhead.  Googling for information about
hardware compatibility = overhead.

I suspect that customer service is available...for a price

David