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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: C= screws customers again! - (was Re: I need info on M G please.)
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Date: 27 Aug 90 19:14:33 GMT
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Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY
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jhc00614@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:


>     Why this won't work?  The CBM dealership network, more so than for
>other computers, is made up of a high proportion of independent dealerships
>that can no way compete if mail order was given the green light by CBM.

I see no problem if the mail order places and the local dealerships were
the *same place*. In other words, allow local dealers to also sell by
mail. It would boost their sales by spreading their market from one local
area to the entire US and beyond in some cases. It would be good for us
end users because it would mean that the dealers would compete against
each other for lower mail order prices and by selling a large volume
through the mail, they could lower their prices without having to go broke.

>     Also, it would be another show of bad faith by CBM to dealerships all
>across the country.  After all, they've hung w/ the computer through the lean
>years while the big chains ignored or dropped the Amiga (like our local
>CBM computers did).  And now we're going to screw them again?

If Commodore did as I suggested above, your arguments go down the drain.
How would they be 'screwing' the dealers by opening up a huge market for 
them?




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