BG> Russell, at 08:53 on Mar 31 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...



RB>> Saving a dollar a minute is significant to me. 200 minutes and you have 

RB>> bought your courier.  Even at 50c a minute, it is nothing to sneeze at.



BG>> Nice little exercise, but I don't think that Paul makes too many outbound

BG>> calls, and certainly very little in the way of STD stuff.  Of
course, the 

BG>> same would still apply to his inbound STD and ISD callers.  Good point 



RB>> Some people are Soooo Tight



 BG> To be perfectly fair to Paul though, $200 IS quite a lot of money when 

 BG> he's not



To be perfectly Honest with you AND Paul, Paul is no doubt in a

better finacial position that I am. I see that he also dabbles in the

stock exchange ( you have to be able to afford this, no matter how

"small a dabble" ) and has had the occassional bonus fall on his

shoulders.

 I don't have what he has ...But I've got a Courier

and I won't be looking back....Priorities I suppose



If he is so careful with investing his money, Why the hell can't

he see that a Courier is a BETTER investment than a Yum-Char.

Different story if the Yum-Char meets ALL his expectations,

but if your expectations are High (as I feel Pauls are) then

he must be prepared to PAY.



 BG> convinced (as I am) that the Courier is a much better modem than the 

 BG> NetComm.



I got burnt trying to find the ultimate 14400 when they were on the

cutting edge, and swore that I would not get burnt again (in regards

to the quality of a product, not the price). I have always believed

that you get exactly what you pay for. So in effect, being ripped

off, paying the price for a courier is quite OK if it meets ALL

of my expectations (and it does)



I believe that you still have to take a risk to find that quality.

The people that won't take a big enough risk just have to be

satisfied with what they end up with.



  When you brought your V.32 internal sportster over to my place in

Oct'94, I was SO pissed off that I had not known you better, or

known of the Big buy up that Brenton arranged. (I would have

taken 4 at the time)   THIS SOLD ME ON USR MODEMS.

 - No farting around - Reliability - .

 

RB>> Don't even spend money so their users can actually save money



 BG> If his was a subscription BBS, it would be unforgivable of him to buy a 

 BG> modem



 But even for a voluntary BBS I would have to have something that

 came near the best. I don't drink or smoke and I can't chase wild

 women, so I use the money that I save from that to buy my little

 luxuries. Paul can have his cigars and wine and netcomm. Oh and

  the women/wife thing ..well I envy him there.

  

 BG> which didn't adequately support the majority of his callers, but whilst

 BG> it's a

 BG> voluntary board, and a free dial-up service, he's more than entitled to 

 BG> use

 BG> whatever modem he likes IMO.  If we don't like it, that's our bad luck.



Agreed, But Wouldn't he like to KNOW, that he has the best for

himself and his users. He will have to take a BIGGER RISK, if he

wants satisfaction in life.



RB>> Doesn't leave a good taste in a users mouth.



 BG> Dunno, I'm not at all unhappy with his ultimate choice of modem.  After 

 BG> all, I

 BG> can connect with it at 28800 most times, and that was basically the whole 

 BG> point

 BG> of his finally upgrading to V.34 anyway, from my POV at least.



I can't really understand why I had trouble logging into his

netcomm. I dial them most every day, with out the trouble that I

had with his, those few times... This EC thing, must have been user error

somewhere.

 

 BG> Strange as it may seem, I can sort of see his point, even though I 

 BG> disagree

 BG> with it.  I would have preferred that he'd ended up with a Courier, and 

 BG> that's

 BG> a totally altruistic desire too, as I genuinely believe that the Courier 

 BG> is a

 BG> much better modem than the M34F, quite aside from its exceptional value 

 BG> as an

 BG> eminently upgradeable piece of hardware.  I still believe that he'd have 

 BG> been

 BG> happier with the USR in the long term.



He really made me so mad, that he could use a Courier and then pass it up

for the netcomm. (Money, not being the issue, here)

Can't see the grass, for the green.





Russell



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