Hi Donna Ransdell, hope you are having a nice day
10-Jan-98 11:53:00, Donna Ransdell wrote to All
          Subject: Sega Systems
 DR> Some of you may remember that we were having trouble with our Sega
 DR> Genesis system. This was a system inherited from my brother. As
 DR> far as he knew, there was nothing wrong with it when he shipped it
 DR> to his nieces. I asked on here, and almost all of you said "RF
 DR> Modulator". When I called around looking for an RF Modulator for
 DR> it, one place said, "we'd need to know the model # of the Genesis.
 DR> I flipped over the machine. Not only was there a model # there,
 DR> but there was also an 800 number in which to call Sega if there
 DR> were problems. I called that number. They asked several meaningful
 DR> questions, including what kind of television set was the Sega
 DR> system hooked up to. As soon as I answered "Zenith", they knew the
 DR> problem. Evidently the older models of Sega Genesis have an
 DR> incompatibility with older Zenith TV sets. (This set is about 17
 DR> years old.) They asked me to ship the Sega Genesis machine to them
 DR> (at my expense) and they would change out a chip (at their
 DR> expense)
 DR> We shipped the system in the height of Christmas mail rush, on the
 DR> 15th of December. It went to Sega of America up in Santa Ana,
 DR> CA....not far. I had to send it Return Receipt Requested, so I
 DR> know that it arrived at S.O.A. on the 17th of December. It was
 DR> back here shortly before the 1st of January. We hooked it up when
 DR> we returned from Arizona last week. Now it works perfectly
 DR> So there's a testimony for Sega Systems. They repaired it at their
 DR> expense and shipped it back to us. They said on the phone that in
 DR> the event that they could not repair it, they would replace the
 DR> machine for free. *We are not original owners of this machine*,
 DR> yet they warrantied it free anyway
 DR> I notice several places on the Internet that sell used games for
 DR> Sega. Has anyone had any personal experience with these places? I
 DR> have never used the Internet to purchase anything. Frankly, I'm
 DR> hesitant - yet I do like the idea of purchasing a used game rather
 DR> than spend moo-goo bucks on a new one
 DR> -donna
i'd rather buy a used game from a video game store..
buying things from the internet isn't too safe, espically if the site
you're entering your info on isn't a secure site.. (the lock or key is
locked or whole in the bottom left corner of your browser)
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