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From: johann@mechp17.UUCP (Fred Johannessen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Connecting Point and the Amiga
Message-ID: <1090001@mechp17.UUCP>
Date: 21 Nov 89 18:28:15 GMT
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Organization: Microcomputer Electronics Corp,Kirkland,WA
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>/ mechp17:comp.sys.amiga / mjsagar@sandia.gov (9123 SAGARTZ, MATHIAS J.) /  9:43 am  Nov 19, 1989 /
>
>	Went down to our local Connecting Point dealer to find
>out if they really did sign on with CBM.  They told me that such
>an arrangement had been made but the manager also told me that "I
>won't sell them (Amigas and/or clones).  There's no software."  I
>don't know if it's the same everywhere but arround here we're
>still stuck with a dealer who is a case study for what's wrong
>with Commodore. The Connecting Point outlet here in Albuquerque
>is primarily an Apple dealer with a small slice of MS-DOS. 

Speaking of Connecting Point... Here in Seattle they sell half Amigas and
half IBM clones. The prices on Amigas seem reasonable but their sales 
techniques seem a bit slick (too slick) to me. Do they have any kind of
reputation?
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