Any BIO-RAD email, gopher, or WWW address?

[Hiranya Roychowdhury]

On Tue, 18 Jul 1995, Tracy Aquilla wrote:

> I've just had a GREAT time trying to extract info from Bio-Rad's tech.
> support. |-{ Basically, first you sit on hold for about twenty minutes, then
> you usually get a tech. rep. with very limited knowledge who often can't or
> won't help. My attempts to contact their sales rep. have been equally
> frustrating. This is typical of most big companies. When I complained to the
> tech. rep. about this today, he replied that I was just lucky I wasn't
> dealing with Microsoft!! NOT quite the apology I wanted. Although it may not
> help me much at this point, I was wondering if anyone knows of another way
> for me to reach the folks at Bio-Rad besides the phone, which clearly isn't
> working for me. If so, please post here or email directly to me. Thanks.
> Stay tuned for more on Bio-Rad tech. serv. If I don't get some satisfaction
> very soon I'll post the details...
>     tracy
> 
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> 

I have had very similar experience more than once. I wonder why a company 
of BioRad's repute would man their 'Technical Support' phone lines with 
people that obviously lack the minimum knowledge in the physical sciences.

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			  Hiranya S. Roychowdhury
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