Sales Counselors Scott Bower and Ephraim Bautista from Circuit City discussed many issues related to purchasing computers and the advantates and disadvantages of mail order versus local stores. Scott quoted high failure rates and suggested that extended warranties were a good idea. He also mentioned that if you buy a computer from Circuit City, they keep track of the purchaser via computer so you can get warranty coverage even if you loose your receipt, and you may transfer it to someone else. Also, he told us they plan to have a system for ordering custom configurations this August. The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator .
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