[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[seasoned_geek]

On Dec 21, 5:16 pm, Bob Eager <news0... at eager.cx> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:14:47 +0000, ChrisQ wrote:
> > Sorry to quibble, but do you work for them or something ?. Have heard
> > several
> > stories about amazon recently, none of them complementary. Their book
> > prices
> > are no bargain anymore and someone else who ordered memory from them
> > found the
> > price doubled on receipt.
>
> I don't work for them. I buy quite a lot from them (although it's
> amazon.co.uk). Never bought memory from them; I use Crucial. But I've
> bought loads of different stuff, and when I have had a problem they've
> always dealt with it quickly and well.
>
> I still find that, in the UK at least, they are usually the cheapest for
> books.
>
> In have occasionally bought stuff that hasn't been immediately avalable
> (e.g. a pre-order) and I have had the price *reduced* on delivery.
>
> My real beef back there is that I don't think it's fair to blame Amazon
> if a third party is selling something for an inflated price. It happs -
> as it does, for example, on eBay (now there's a company I really do hate).
>
> --
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>  http://www.mirrorservice.org
>
> *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor

But you can blame Amazon for soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many
federal and international crimes.