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Arcadiac:
Witchboard an Lil Wolf, the CSO main page claims $2.99 ground shipping on all orders.  I ordered mine about 2 weeks ago when they were $49.99 plus $70.00 fedex ground shipping, no $2.99 "special".  For $120.00 they were a good value, however I can't say I would pay any more than that for these monitors.  I can see problems down the road with making adjustments because of the controls being on the side and the monitor being so heavy.  But I, like many others here, like a good deal and I bought one knowing that there could be problems, expensive return shipping included.
A warranty that doesn't include return shipping costs for me is worthless.  And I was unaware however of the non-existant tech support.  I still have heard nothing from the 2 emails I sent, one this week and one last week.  That's just bad business and I won't recommend dealing with CSO for that reason alone.  In future I will not buy another of these unless some appear in my area, where I could just go pick one up.  
It will be interesting to find out what happens is one of us has to return one of these, I know we have to pay our own return shipping and I for one would be wary of doing that as I don't believe CSO would refund that bit.
I can only share my experience, mixed as it is and you make your own decisions about whether to buy or not.
Just for reference, the last 21" monitor I bought online was a refurb IBM branded Trinitron from newegg.com for $309 plus $2.99 ground shipping and 3-yr warranty for additional $29 for a total of about $341.  Not bad for an $1100 monitor, but considerably more than the KDS at CSO.  Best of luck with whatever you decide to do for your projects!  I hope some of this drivel helped.  Thanks all, ARCADIAC

Witchboard:

--- Quote from: Arcadiac on May 11, 2004, 09:53:48 pm ---Witchboard an Lil Wolf, the CSO main page claims $2.99 ground shipping on all orders.  I ordered mine about 2 weeks ago when they were $49.99 plus $70.00 fedex ground shipping, no $2.99 "special".  For $120.00 they were a good value, however I can't say I would pay any more than that for these monitors.  I can see problems down the road with making adjustments because of the controls being on the side and the monitor being so heavy.  But I, like many others here, like a good deal and I bought one knowing that there could be problems, expensive return shipping included.
A warranty that doesn't include return shipping costs for me is worthless.  And I was unaware however of the non-existant tech support.  I still have heard nothing from the 2 emails I sent, one this week and one last week.  That's just bad business and I won't recommend dealing with CSO for that reason alone.  In future I will not buy another of these unless some appear in my area, where I could just go pick one up.  
It will be interesting to find out what happens is one of us has to return one of these, I know we have to pay our own return shipping and I for one would be wary of doing that as I don't believe CSO would refund that bit.
I can only share my experience, mixed as it is and you make your own decisions about whether to buy or not.
Just for reference, the last 21" monitor I bought online was a refurb IBM branded Trinitron from newegg.com for $309 plus $2.99 ground shipping and 3-yr warranty for additional $29 for a total of about $341.  Not bad for an $1100 monitor, but considerably more than the KDS at CSO.  Best of luck with whatever you decide to do for your projects!  I hope some of this drivel helped.  Thanks all, ARCADIAC

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What kind of problems are you experiencing with your monitor?  Have you tried the KDS website to see if they have a FAQ or support page?

Arcadiac:
The problem was almost 2 weeks to ship, no way to effectively track the monitor shipment until then, almost 3 weeks to arrive and no reply to my support e-mails.  Bad business, not responding to your customers, especially when I had a problem with the display and was considering returning the thing.  Everything has worked out so far, the monitor problem was fixed with advice from this board.  I guess I am spoiled by the way most other vendors treat their customers.  Oh, well.
ARCADIAC!

Witchboard:
Ah, so it was more of a customer service problem than a product issue.  Yeah, dealing with Bob Roberts and Andy Warne really spoils you.  They are quick to reply with great customer service.  I'm hoping everything works out also.  Hopefully since I know the controls are on the side I won't have any need to attempt to contact them.  I guess I lucked out.  I got the fedex confirmation the evening after I ordered and it's scheduled to hit my door step this Friday.  If it shows up on time that will be like 4 days including Tuesday when i ordered it to the time I sign for it.

hunky_artist:
does anyone know of anywhere in the UK that would do these (or even just something similar?)

also, how well do these monintors play vector games? are they essentially just PC monitors?

thanks :)

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