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

Q,

Since Guitar Center and Mars Music are both "national" chain stores, 
was the clerk able to check inventory at another location?  Exp: I 
stopped at my local GC in Maryland last month which did not have the 
new 2500 or the Orbit 3 in stock at the time, I told him that I would 
be in Chicago the next week and he checked their inventory and saw 
that they had a few of each module in stock so I assume that they can 
do it with a ROM as well.

Good Luck

M2

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orbit3



--- In xl7@y..., "qwanta" <qwanta@b...> wrote:
> 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.