[ale] MicroCenter (was Yet ANOTHER reasone to love Linux)

[Geoffrey Myers]

Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Speaking of Microcenter…
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> I got an interesting mailing that said I could get a free wireless 
> router without purchase.   On reading the details I noticed it said I 
> had to present it at the “Yonkers MicroCenter”.   I was curious if 
> anyone else got such a mailing and was actually able to get the free 
> router at an Atlanta area Micro Center?   If so did you get it without 
> actually buying anything?   I wasn’t sure if the mailing I received was 
> just bad proofreading (i.e. it was actually for any Microcenter not just 
> the one in Yonkers) or if they had included that in the fine print as a 
> way to avoid giving a way free routers if you didn’t actually buy 
> something at one of the Atlanta stores.

Haven't gotten the flyer, but I would hope Microcenter would not stoop 
to Best Buys level.  I've always found Microcenter to be reasonably up 
front with such things.

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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Jim Kinney
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:42 AM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Yet ANOTHER reason to love Linux
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> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Geoffrey Myers 
> <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
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> You can still buy devices that convert a parallel printer into a
> wireless printer.
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> And parallel to ethernet (with an embedded print controller) is $50 or 
> so at MicroCenter.
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