





THIS YEARS TOP AWARD FOR THE WORST
COMPANY IN THE COMPUTER FIELD GOES
TO A NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTOR OF
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE BY THE NAME OF

           MICRO D
                 
        2801 S. YALE ST.
     SANTA ANA,CA.92704-5850

         1-800-MICR-OD1
         1-800-854-9440

AND LET US NOT FORGET THE VICE-PRES
IN CHARGE OF SALES WHO SEEMS DETER-
MINED TO LEAD MICRO-D INTO THE
GUTTER WITH ALL THOSE OTHER SLEAZY
RIP-OFF DEALERS,NAMELY ONE

         JOHN WINKELHAUS
         1-714-540-4781

NOW ILL TELL YA WHY-

A WHILE BACK I WAS A DEALER FOR MICRO D
AND THEY ADVERTISED AN "ABATI" DAISY
WHEEL PRINTER FOR $275. AMONG THE AD
WAS FEATURED A 1 YR WARRANTEE.
 ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO I SOLD THIS PRINTER
TO THE BOOTLEGGER MAGAZINE WHICH INCLUDED THE 1 YR WARRANTEE.NEEDLESS TO SAY,IT
BROKE SHORTLY THEREAFTER!
 NOW THINKING THAT MICRO D WOULD HONOR
THEIR WARRANTEE,I CALLED THEIR CUSTOMER
SERVICE DEPT ABOUT RETURNING IT FOR
WARRANTEE REPAIR.

LO AND BEHOLD I TWAS INFORMED THAT THEY
CANT FIX IT AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT AT
MY OWN COST TO A REPAIR SHOP (OF WHICH
THEY HAD NO IDEA WHOM MAY BE FAMILIAR
WITH THESE LEMON PRINTERS).NATURALLY
BEING QUITE IRATE AT THIS SERVICE REP,
I ASKED TO TALK TO HER SUPERVISOR,WHOM
INFORMED ME THAT SHE COULDNT DO ANY-
THING EITHER!UP THE LADDER I WENT TO
MR.VICE PRES JOHN WINKELHAUS WHOM IN
HIS INFINATE WISDOM DECLARED THAT I
COULD SEND IT BACK TO JAPAN,BUT THEY
MAY NOT HONOR THEIR OWN WARRANTEE!

WOW!!! SAID I

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU SELL
PRODUCTS WITH WARRANTEES WHICH
CANNOT BE REPAIRED OR THEIR WARRAN
TEE HONORED BY YOUR COMPANY?
 SEEMS LIKE MR WINKLEHAUS TWAS TOTALLY
DROVE UP BY MY ASKING HIM TO HONOR HIS
COMPANIES OWN WARRANTEE!!!

YES-I NOW HAVE AN ELECTONIC TECH FIXIN
THAT PRINTER(HOPEFULLY) AND AT MY OWN
EXPENSE.

NOW-IF YE EVER HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING
AT ANY COMPUTER STORE,MAY I SUGGEST
YOU FIRST ASK THEM IF THEIR
DISTRIBUTOR IS MICRO D. YOU MAY HAVE
SIMILAIR PROBLEMS WITH PRODUCTS COMM
ING FROM THIS LARGE NATIONWIDE DISTRIB
UTOR AND THE COMPUTER DEALERS CARRYING
THEIR MERCHANDISE.(ESPECIALLY WITH
THE ATTITUDE OF EXECUTIVES AT MICRO D
SUCH AS MR. WINKELHAUS.

NUFF SAID-
BOOTLEG

P.S. YOU'LL NOTICE YE TOLL FREE NUMBERS
     TO THIS RIP-OFF COMPANY TIS LISTED
     ABOVE! HAVE PHUN AND REQUEST THEIR
     CATALOG & PRICE SHEETS SO YOULL
     KNOW WHAT PRODUCTS TO AVOID.ALSO
     TOLL FREE NUMBERS COST THEIR OWNER
     SO-O-O MUCH MONEY WHEN YER
     COMPUTER TIS SET ON AUTO-DIAL
     REPEAT CALLING FOR A FEW MONTHS!
    
               HAR-HAR-HAR
