[Pc_Support] Re: One reason why Opterons sell less...

[Jason Boxman]

On Thursday 28 July 2005 15:18, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
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> AMD's signature partner right now is Monarch Computer, a
> tier-2 OEM.  It used to be HP and IBM, tier-1s.

Sadly I haven't had much success with them so far.  When I called for a server 
quote some weeks ago, the voice mail was full during the day and no one 
around.

I ordered my 6600GT from them Monday night.  Two days to retrieve it from the 
warehouse, okay, fine.  So I wait and hear nothing even this morning.  I 
wouldn't have chosen 2nd day air if it was going to arrive on Monday.  Waste 
of $10.  So I call and they're supposedly going to overnight it, if they have 
any 6600GTs left.

That's nice and all, and I appreciate it.

But it's 3:30 and I haven't gotten my shipping confirmation email, yet.

Meanwhile my experience ordering a server from Rackmount Pro earlier this 
month went without a hitch.

I checked reseller ratings and Monarch has a good rating.

Perhaps I've just been unfortunate, but this week isn't the week I'm 
interested in dealing with it.  Any other week I'd probably shrug and not 
care.  Maybe I'm just used to ordering stuff from Newegg and having things 
delivered in a few days at most.  Newegg definitely ships fast.  What's more, 
Monarch is in Georgia.  I really ought to have a Monday night order by Friday 
afternoon when it's listed as in-stock, 1-2 days, with 2nd day air.

Sigh.