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From: bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Bob Sherman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Support Apple II's
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Date: 14 Nov 89 05:50:36 GMT
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In article <113300149@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:


>dlyons@apple.com wrote:

>!In article <4313.apple_ii.info-apple@pro-graphics> bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (Bob Lindabury) writes:
>!>[...]
>!>By the way, I just received some very lovely marketing mail from Apple in my
>!>mailbox, very slick advertising.  The first piece that I received which was 2
>!>days ago was a very slick, very glossy flyer on why I should go out to my
>!>local dealer and bring a Mac II, IIcx or Mac SE home for a test drive until
>!>January 15th at no charge to me.  No mention of bringing home a GS.
>!
>!I haven't seen that flyer, but my understanding is that the GS *is* part of
>!that offer.

>I saw a paragraph the other day in U.S. News & World Report.  It does say that
>the GS is included in this offer.

>Note, however, that neither the IIe nor the IIc Plus are included in this
>offer.  Might this mean anything?

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>! Scott Alfter        !   Go   ! McCoy:  ...they don't like you very much.    !
>! alftersoft@uiuc.edu ! Illini ! Kirk:  I know, Bones.  The feeling's mutual. !
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Ah yes, we have received several of those slick advertising things signed
by the President of Apple USA, and I might suggest you do with yours what
we are going to do with ours.. Send them right back to the person that
signed them, and tell him that if he feels it is beneath him to affix
his signature to a document containing the words Apple II or Apple GS
that he do two things.. Keep his "junk" mail, and resign the position
since it is clear from the letter that either he dosen't know his own
product line and/or care about it, nor does he even know the details
of the very promotion he is writing about..

In addition, as Apple owners we feel offended and slighted..

We are also going to send copies of the letter we enclose to him to the
various Apple II publications, and perhaps to Business Wire, the same
service Apple uses to reach editors world wide with their financial
disclosure information as required by the SEC... Perhaps if a few editors
run with it, not only will he get a message, but so will the stockholders..

If you don't like our ideas, fine, come up with one of your own, but do
SOMETHING... Let's not take this outright kick in the pants sitting down..

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