From: lhummel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Date: 31 Aug 90 00:59 CDT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Commodore gets serious?  You judge.
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It looks like Commodore is getting serious about putting Montgomery Grant out
of everyone's misery.  They are also taking actions to track warrantee work
and to ensure that it is performed by authorized service centers.

Read this blurb from the August CUCUG newsletter ($20/year.  Contact CUCUG,
P.O. Box 716, Champaign, IL  61824-0716):

		      Commodore Pulls the Plug!
			   by Steve Endsley
	       President SAAUG, former President CUCUG

    On the morning of August 10, I was attending an Education program training
session for dealers.  The first thing they told us was a Commodore rep had
just bought 2 Amiga 3000's from Montgomery Grant, and explained that no
dealers had gone under since their 3000's release.  The next sentece by Stu
Maleef brought on the cheers: "We have the serial numbers and are looking for
the dealer who sold them to Montgomery Grant."

    I usually get excited about this, but I had been hearing that CBM would be
tracking #'s for 8 months, and had yet to see it start.  But after we came
back in from lunch, they announced that a dealership in New York with 2 stores
had just lost its Commodore authorization for gray marketing A3000's.  Now I
believe it.  Commodore is serious, as can be shown by the next announcement.

    As of August 1st, 1990, all Amiga 500's, A590 hard drives, A1011 external
floppy drives, and 1581 floppy drives, C64's, and 1541-II disk drives will be
shipped with a factory seal on the units' seam.  The seal is silver metallic
with black lettering.  Authorized service centers have also been sent silver
labels with RED letters, all tracked, for installation after warranty service
is completed.  Dealers can get them by signature, but only 25 at a time for
tracking purposes.

"IF ANY CUSTOMER BRINGS A MACHINE IN WITH A WARRANTY SEAL BROKEN OR TAMPERED
WITH, THE MACHINE IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY."

Bottom line: If you buy a machine and want to expand the memory INSIDE the
unit [note: this only is referring to the products listed above, not the A2000
or A3000 - Lionel], GO TO YOUR DEALER!!!  If you do it, and the machine breaks
within that first year, you just paid for the repair bill!!  BUYER BEWARE!

[end of excerpt]

< Lionel