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#26 2005-05-19 9:35 pm
- macnuke
- just a plano guy
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Re: People on these forums who give purchasing advice
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macfiend wrote:
i agree id rather go with information around here than some stupid magazine. that may test the product for a week then write a review.
The Colt Vista got rave reviews from Consumer Reports in the late 80's.
Lots of people including my parents bought one based upon those reviews.
Turned out to be a trash car.
so did they upgrade to a Yugo?
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#27 2005-05-21 3:26 am
Re: People on these forums who give purchasing advice
I used buy something after researchig for a while and then post as if I didn't buy it yet, just to get confirmation about what a smart shopper I am!
But I stopped after a few unuccessfull attempts. 
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#28 2005-05-22 4:15 pm
Re: People on these forums who give purchasing advice
macnuke wrote:
resedit wrote:
macfiend wrote:
i agree id rather go with information around here than some stupid magazine. that may test the product for a week then write a review.
The Colt Vista got rave reviews from Consumer Reports in the late 80's.
Lots of people including my parents bought one based upon those reviews.
Turned out to be a trash car.so did they upgrade to a Yugo?
No - they went a used Toyota 4 Cylinder van - after that, I convinced them to buy American - and they went with a Chevy van (which was, um, made in Canada) - Astro, with the truck chasis (I think all Astro's had a truck chasis, not sure though)
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#29 2005-05-23 9:23 pm
- RipRagged
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Re: People on these forums who give purchasing advice
For what it's worth -- I've gotten a lot of good advice on this here MAF in the few weeks I've actually been using it. Buying advice, technical advice, freeware and shareware to solve problems that I could have spent hundreds on solving some other way.
So, I'll continue to ask for advice on the MAF when I think I need Mac Advice.
That isn't the same as saying I've been assimilated. I won't surrender my free will to the forum, but it remains a good resource. Lots of smart, nice, helpful people. Besides, football season doesn't start for three months, and this is the only place where I can watch honest, open belligerence and laugh like hell at it for free.
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#30 2005-05-23 10:57 pm
- macnuke
- just a plano guy
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Re: People on these forums who give purchasing advice
RipRagged wrote:
Besides, football season doesn't start for three months, and this is the only place where I can watch honest, open belligerence and laugh like hell at it for free.
FINALLY
someone with a superb grasp of the situation 
too funny
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#31 2005-05-23 11:55 pm
- RipRagged
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Re: People on these forums who give purchasing advice
Let me qualify that just a little. I know my chosen sport is considered barbaric by some.
Sure it has unnecessary roughness, taunting, deliberate late hits, and piling on -- unlike the NFL which also has facemask penalties.
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