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From: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: CBM go south, There's GOLD down there!
Message-ID: <894@sagpd1.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 90 15:47:41 GMT
Reply-To: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Scientific Atlanta, Government Products Div, San Diego, CA
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Hello CBM Marketing,

	I recently returned from a trip to Colombia (my wife's family is 
there) and Commodore you are missing a golden oportunity. Colombia is on
the verge or has relaxed the import tax on electronic equipments. They are 
starved for computers down there. The rub is all they have are PC clones
available. I was able to find only one "dealer" there that carried the 
Amiga and he only had a A500 hooked up to a Monocrome monitor ( he said 
that he had misplaced the cable to his color monitor). He NO software and
was thrilled that I could give him a couple of PD disks I had with me. I
looked him up to give my nephew a Demo.
	Since returning I have looked in my AMIGA Marketing stuff and found
that this was not the only "distributer" but there was no ad in the local
"yellow pages" other than the one I had found. CBM you are letting a virgin 
territory slip through your fingers. If you have a South American Office I
suggest you light a fire under them, before the clone war has over taken
the edge. The school my nephew was teaching at (he translates programs/manuals)
had about 10 XT/AT clones that people were waitng in line to use.
	Sorry to bother the rest of the net, but I thought this was the best
way to get CBM Marketing's attention.

Monty Saine

P.S. Any one know of a USENET connection in Bogata, Colombia?????