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From: filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Bela Lubkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Dealers (was Amiga Commercials)
Message-ID: <79.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us>
Date: 6 Nov 89 11:51:46 GMT
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In article <210@pallas.UUCP> wally@pallas.UUCP (Wally Hartshorn) writes:
[something was missing from the original article here...]
>moved to Sunnyvale, CA (just in time for the earthquake, thank you very 
>much), and was ready to buy an Amiga.  He found a dealer just 5 minutes 
>from his home, bought an A500 and peripherals, and was given 10 free disks 
>of demo and PD software.  A week or two later, he received a phone call 
>from the dealer asking him whether he had any questions about his new 
>computer and just generally checking to be sure that everything was ok.  
>Now *THAT'S* what I call good dealer support!

Sounds like HT Electronics in Sunnyvale.  There are definitely GREAT
dealerships out there; unfortunately, they're the exception not the rule.
I will vouch for HT and for Winners Circle Systems in Berkeley (GREAT for
the technically oriented; a bit brusque and always JAM PACKED in their tiny
shop, perhaps not great for non-computerphiles).  Anyone else have any
strong positive stories about dealers?  It seems to me that one of the best
things we can do for the machine is to support good dealers...

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