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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: C= screws customers again! - (was Re: I need info on M G please.)
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Date: 14 Aug 90 20:54:25 GMT
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In article <90226.125027JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
>There are two reasons C= is halting mail order:
>
> 1) It looks unprofessional.  Can you mail-order Macs or genuine IBM's?
>
> 2) All the trouble caused by shifty mail-order firms such as Montgomery
>    Grant have caused C= no end ouf trouble.
>
>>I understand C= wanting to support their retailers by shutting down
>>mail order competition, but they ARE screwing quite a few of us.
>
	Mail-order stores can be problems but Commodore SHOULD
let dealers do mail-order, i.e. allow mail-order houses which are
also dealers with a local store. At least that way Commodore can
regulate the quality of the mail-order store.
	-- Ethan

Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

	Tell NewTek that my bread is already toasted and they
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