RE: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Joe:
I have had similar experiences with IBM.  It is so damn frustrating.  I
lease a 170 as part of partners in development.  The machine is off
lease this month and I got the paperwork from IBM credit to buy the
thing out.  Well, of course I am not going to, I intend to roll the
lease into a new lease for a 270.  But I do not have the time or
intestinal fortitude to go thru all the phone calls.  My strategy will
be to wait until they call me...... And then we can discuss the new box.
I have never seen anything like IBM in my life.
cjg

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I have NEVER had such a hard time trying to give a company money.  I own
a model 150, and lease a model 270.  I'm trying to see if I can upgrade
my model 150 to V5R1 and I'm getting so much static it's not funny.

First, I get sent on a 15 minute wild goose chase through Partnerline
until they figure out that the 150 is mine, not theirs.  Now it's back
to IBM Direct.

There I get a trainee who tells me the machine isn't supported.  Her
trainer then got on the line and told me to go to my "business partner
or VAR" with a tone of voice that clearly indicated that I should know
this and not bother him.  I tried to explain that I bought the machine
from a 3rd party who originally bought the machine from IBM, and that I
had no business partner, but by now the guy was getting realy snippy.
His next words were, "Now sir, listen to me before you go raising your
voice."

At that point I said I wanted to speak to his supervisor.  Since then,
I've spent the last ten minutes on hold off and on waiting for someone
to give me a business partner name.  After telling them I'm from
Illinois, I eventually get a name and number... for a BP in Cleveland.

They've finally just given up and told me to go to the web site and find
my own d@mn partner.

And IBM wonders why they don't make as much money as they could?

Joe