Re: Is Meridian Instruments Dead?

From: Raymond B. Hester (rhester@jaguar1.usouthal.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 11 1997 - 15:48:56 EST


Peter,

If you will telephone (517) 349-7617 you will get a live voice at 
Meridian Instruments. We have had no problems getting technical and/or 
applications assistance. We have an ACAS 570.

Ray

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The University of South Alabama			  to be evil as to be good,
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Email: rhester@jaguar1.usouthal.edu		  energy for either course.
Voice:	 (334) 460-6029					-Robertson Davies
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On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, PETER BERCZ wrote:

> 
> MERIDIAN ULTIMA CONFOCAL OWNERS: ATTENTION:L As owner of a
> Meridian Instruments (Okemos Mi) Ultima Confocal scope, I came  up
> against some trivial problems with the  mirror scanning field sensor. So I
> tried to contact Meridian's technical service for advice. There is only a
> voice maill answering service,  no living person responds. One gets the
> instruction " for emergency service call an 888 number", which if  one
> calls, does not respond at all. Are these people out of business? Who
> among  other Meridian Instruments owners and users know anything
> about these people? I heard rumors months ago  they were in financial
> trouble. Now the question is, if the manufacturer is defunct,   what are
> we to do with our 350K plus  expensive machines when we need
> service? 
> 
> If Meridian is dead, should not we  ULTIMA owners form  some kind of a
> mutual assitance pool in trying to exchange info and experiences and
> somehow  assist eachother in  propping  up our machines? Please
> owners, respond to this  urgent call, WHAT INFO DO YOU HAVE, are my
> worries groundless or based on reality?
> 



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