rec.autos.simulators

>Picked up a Monster Fusion for my second computer. I decided to go Diamond
>for two reasons, of the Banshee boards, theirs is rated slightly faster, and
>the second was the software bundle. I downloaded the MotoCross Madness demo
>and liked it. The Monster Fusion box says that the full version is included
>inside the box.

>Open the box and there is no MotoCross Madness, only a postcard that
>requires I mail it in BEFORE January 1, 1999 to receive the game. Will I
>never learn! Nowhere on the box does it indicate that Motocross madness in a
>mail-in offer with an expiration date.

>This is the last straw - no more Diamond products ever!

>Very Unhappy customer.

>Picked up a Monster Fusion for my second computer. I decided to go Diamond
>for two reasons, of the Banshee boards, theirs is rated slightly faster,
and
>the second was the software bundle. I downloaded the MotoCross Madness demo
>and liked it. The Monster Fusion box says that the full version is included
>inside the box.

>Open the box and there is no MotoCross Madness, only a postcard that
>requires I mail it in BEFORE January 1, 1999 to receive the game. Will I
>never learn! Nowhere on the box does it indicate that Motocross madness in
a
>mail-in offer with an expiration date.

>This is the last straw - no more Diamond products ever!

>Very Unhappy customer.

>Picked up a Monster Fusion for my second computer. I decided to go Diamond
>for two reasons, of the Banshee boards, theirs is rated slightly faster,
and
>the second was the software bundle. I downloaded the MotoCross Madness demo
>and liked it. The Monster Fusion box says that the full version is included
>inside the box.

>Open the box and there is no MotoCross Madness, only a postcard that
>requires I mail it in BEFORE January 1, 1999 to receive the game. Will I
>never learn! Nowhere on the box does it indicate that Motocross madness in
a
>mail-in offer with an expiration date.

>This is the last straw - no more Diamond products ever!

>Very Unhappy customer.

>Picked up a Monster Fusion for my second computer. I decided to go Diamond
>for two reasons, of the Banshee boards, theirs is rated slightly faster, and
>the second was the software bundle. I downloaded the MotoCross Madness demo
>and liked it. The Monster Fusion box says that the full version is included
>inside the box.

>As for rebates Diamond is notoriously slow getting those proccessed.  It
>took nearly 6 months to get my rebate for the Stealth S220 I bought.

>The Diamond is only slightly faster than the others because Diamond
>overclocks the board slightly, so you could of done the same thing with any
>of them.

>Dan --

>>It took me 20 weeks, phone calls and several emails to recieve my Monster 2

>>Picked up a Monster Fusion for my second computer. I decided to go Diamond
>>for two reasons, of the Banshee boards, theirs is rated slightly faster,
>and
>>and liked it. The Monster Fusion box says that the full version is included
>>Open the box and there is no MotoCross Madness, only a postcard that
>>requires I mail it in BEFORE January 1, 1999 to receive the game. Will I
>>never learn! Nowhere on the box does it indicate that Motocross madness in
>a
>>mail-in offer with an expiration date.

>>This is the last straw - no more Diamond products ever!

>>Very Unhappy customer.

>Pack-in titles are almost NEVER FULL RELEASE (even when they say they are) and
>only inflate the price of the hardware product you are buying.  This is why I
>almost ALWAYS buy the OEM version of any hardware product.  Sure, these are
>harder to find and you will probably have to get mail order or through a
>web-store but you will always save money and you won't be disappointed with
>missing or demo versions of games.

>I really liked the cereal analogy in the previous posts.  It seems that everyone
>is buying the cereal to get the prize inside then throwing away the food.
>Remember WHAT you are buying and WHY and forget all the bogus software.  It's
>just like all those stupid commercials...

>"And if you act now - we'll throw in the extra set of steak knives ABSOLUTELY
>FREE"

>>Hmm, the Monster Fusion I bought about 2-3 weeks ago had MotoCross Madness
>>in it.

>>As for rebates Diamond is notoriously slow getting those proccessed.  It
>>took nearly 6 months to get my rebate for the Stealth S220 I bought.

>>The Diamond is only slightly faster than the others because Diamond
>>overclocks the board slightly, so you could of done the same thing with any
>>of them.

>>Dan --

>>>It took me 20 weeks, phone calls and several emails to recieve my Monster 2

>>>Picked up a Monster Fusion for my second computer. I decided to go Diamond
>>>for two reasons, of the Banshee boards, theirs is rated slightly faster,
>>and
>>>and liked it. The Monster Fusion box says that the full version is included
>>>Open the box and there is no MotoCross Madness, only a postcard that
>>>requires I mail it in BEFORE January 1, 1999 to receive the game. Will I
>>>never learn! Nowhere on the box does it indicate that Motocross madness in
>>a
>>>mail-in offer with an expiration date.

>>>This is the last straw - no more Diamond products ever!

>>>Very Unhappy customer.

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