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Message no. 1
From: "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: the Packard Bell Victim Stories (was :Re: Crash of 2029)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 03:38:09 -0400
In a message dated 97-08-23 05:30:17 EDT, W0lfstar@***.COM (George Metz)
writes:

> > I HATED Selling the buggers for a year at Sears... they were the
biggest
> > pains... Other than the Macs...:]
>
> HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! I know EXACTLY what you mean, Bull. Worked there
for
> 9
> months myself before my car crapped out and I had to quit. Sad thing is,
> their older computers are infinitely better. I've still got a Packard
Smell
> 386sx in perfect working order.
>
Gosh guys, we should get together and tell stories. SMC (Service
Merchandise) dropped them after a number of failures, including the selling
of a "New" PC to a customer who took it home and discovered several resume
files, someone's address book and a couple of "personal" photographs that the
kiddies just didn't need to see.

-K
Message no. 2
From: George Metz <W0lfstar@***.COM>
Subject: Re: the Packard Bell Victim Stories (was :Re: Crash of 2029)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:15:50 -0400
In a message dated 97-08-24 07:33:30 EDT, you write:

> Gosh guys, we should get together and tell stories. SMC (Service
> Merchandise) dropped them after a number of failures, including the
selling
> of a "New" PC to a customer who took it home and discovered several resume
> files, someone's address book and a couple of "personal" photographs that
the
> kiddies just didn't need to see.

Woohoo!!! Packard Bell 'puter? Wow! The ones we always got were brand
spankin' new - or was that what the pictures were displaying? =)

Wolfstar

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