Yeah, I've been looking up stuff online, and went to Alex PC this
morning, and get the general idea that GNS has the variety of parts
(and some good deals), but I'll probably do the bulk of my purchases
through Alex and supplement them with Tran or GNS.
Thanks for everyone who's written in with their suggestions,
experiences and aids. God bless
-jordan
On 12/5/05, Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, John T. Hoffoss wrote:
>
> > Pretty much anyone I've ever talked to who has shopped there indicated
> > GNS is very inconsistent in terms of customer service. Certain guys
> > there are great, helpful, knowledgable. Other guys I've encountered
> > there have an elitist attitude and challenge everything you say...
>
> I agree with this. One guy told me several things that were not true.
> He was inexperienced and would have done better by admitting that he
> didn't know. He was a nice guy though. A second guy had such a snobby,
> superior and unfriendly attitude that I wanted to report him to his
> supervisor. But he might have had his facts straight. A third guy was
> very helpful and actually managed to find a very clever and sneaky way to
> get me a driver that worked for a wireless card under XP x64. He had to
> work to dig that up and I really appreciated his effort.
>
> So, as John said, YMMV.
>
> But, if you want good prices, I would say that GNS has good prices for a
> local shop. I don't know if others are cheaper. How does Tran Micro
> compare? It would be easy to make a comparison because Tran is almost
> nextdoor. I have the impression that GNS has more in stock than Tran
> does.
>
> Mike
>
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