Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

I would love to buy the roms from a local store.  I hate mail order.  
But neither the local Mars no Guitar Center have them in stock.  The 
guy at GC said they had no plans to restock (he seemed to think Emu 
was discontinuing the XL7 product line) and the Mars guy said it 
would take "a few weeks".  Translated: "I'm not going to touch that 
one".  So I go to Musician's Friend and it says the roms are in 
stock.  Kewl.  I place order then on the confirmation page it says 2-
4 week *backordered*.  So 3 weeks later I call MF cust svc and ask 
for a status and they say it's still backordered.  F!  What's the 
deal?  When three of the largest retailers can't even get their hands 
on them there's something fishy going on.

Would anyone from Emu sales care to comment?  Other than "buy from 
Emu direct".  I'm not paying MSRP heh.


Q


--- In xl7@y..., "Panzare" <panzare@m...> wrote:
> As an alternative to find ROM upgrades, find a local music retail 
store that
> honors sale prices from other stores and nowadays the internet as 
well.
> You should be able to but the ROM upgrades quicker that way. Thats 
what
> I did and got the Techno Synth ROM card at the same price 
Musician's Friend
> had it without the wait. Chances are you will have to wait 
sometimes if you
> buy in online.