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From: me300234@pa.usl.edu (Stelly John B III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dealers
Summary: Commodore's New Policy eliminates small Dealers
Keywords: Amiga policy - Stinks!!
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Date: 8 Dec 89 21:49:29 GMT
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As of last week, the computer store I work for does not carry the Amiga
anymore.  It is directly due to Commodore's ordering policy.  I live in a 
town of about 100,000 people, and we HAD two amiga dealers.  Commodore
required that, this Christmas, each dealer order 20 (!) amiga 500's.  Also
new dealers must order no less than $20,000 of product (I believe that is 
accurate).  We are lucky to sell 20 amigas in one year, and there is no way
that we could sell 20 for Christmas.  On the other hand we move quite a few
more PC clones in a year, so my boss felt that the money would be better
invested in 20 IBM clones, and from a bussiness standpoint, I agree.  With
Amiga sales as they are, buying 20 at a time (with no accompanying price 
break !!!) is not a smart bussiness move.  I own an Amiga, and so does my boss,
and both of us believe the machine is great, and for that reason we still
service the amiga (and C64), and carry Amiga software, and 3rd party hardware.
But, unless Commodore is willing to change its policy, many small dealers
will make the same decision we did.  (and I'm pissed because no I have to 
sell ALL PC clones - and tell people that VGA color is wonderful )

A disgruntled amiga salesman,

--John B Stelly

PS- until last week we had been selling Amigas since day one (since the AMiga
was available).