Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!news.ossi.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!hookup!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!shill From: shill@clark.net (Steve Hill) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: NEC WARNING (also beware of the CDR-210) Date: 27 Apr 1994 20:38:46 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Lines: 17 Message-ID: <2pmigm$r18@clarknet.clark.net> References: <24.18024.1441.0NB2EAFA@pcohio.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] : I recently bought a CDR-210 through my dealer, great price. Little : did I know that NEC would laugh in my face when I called to ask : questions about it (I was These OEM drives are not comming directly from NEC, but through a channel of wholesalers from major OEMs. The OEMs who purchase directly from NEC are obligated to provide support and were not supposed to resale units in the box directly to consumers. Some OEMs, however, have been reselling the units to other distributors who then sell to the public without adequetly disclosing the OEM unit policy. The lack of support is why you see these units for $100-300 less than the consumer units. NEC is getting many complaints - thier response is likely to be to change their OEM contracts such that these units will not be available - now we can all pay the higher prices. Steve