Introduction

The waiting is over
My survey has been reborn as

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History:: Once upon a time, the internet was consumed mostly of newsgroups and e-mail. I spent my share of time in the rec.audio.* newsgroups. A question that kept getting asked was What's a good mail order company for component X? I suggested that someone keep track of people's comments. The next thing I knew, I was nominated and started getting e-mail to that effect. Thus the Audio Mail Order Survey was born. It was originally a text-only based documnet, but has since evolved into an interactive WWW site. Not to leave anyone out, the text version is still generated on a monthly basis.
Points of Interest:: The most popular portion of my survey is the Company Listings/Ratings section. It contains a summary of people's votes for all the companies that I keep track of. WWW users of this survey can then click on the company name and find out more information about that company. Objective information like their address, brands carried, and as much as I know. More importantly, subjective information is also available. This consists mostly of comments that people have made about that company.

The Search Company Listings (WWW users only) feature can be very helpful on narrowing down your choices. It searches the company database for keywords of your choice. It's rather primitive, but quite useful.

I try and provide a little buying advice in my Before You Buy and After You Buy sections. Those sections try and give you some guidelines on handling your purchase. Of course, common sense is your best ally.

The Feedback section (WWW edition, text readers can use e-mail) certainly cannot be overlooked. This is what makes the survey useful. It gives you the opportunity to comment on audio mail order companies or any aspect of this survey.
Epilogue:: I provide this survey on my own time in hopes of helping consumers sort out the audio mail order maze. I do this because I feel strongly about fairness and honesty. I want companies that feel the same to be rewarded. I hope this survey is both helpful to you for finding such a company and helpful to audio mail order companies in learning about what makes such a company.

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