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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: C= screws customers again!
Message-ID: <2911@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 90 20:37:06 GMT
References: <3986@crash.cts.com| <1990Aug31.182655.1029@digibd>
Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY
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steve@digibd (Steve Wahl) writes:


|Perhaps there is no close dealer (or competent dealer) because it's
|not possible to open a dealership, invest the time and money to know
|enough about the products you are selling to actually be of help to
|your customers, and make a proffit -- while still being able to
|compete (price wise) with high-volume mail order outfits.


|I guess I'm raising two questions:  Would there be more GOOD local
|dealers if they didn't have to compete with mail order?  And can mail
|order dealers provide enough support to average and below average
|users?

I guess I can safely assume you've always lived in a big city, eh Steve?

Try moving out into a small town about 200 miles from a big town and buying
an Amiga. Or an IBM even. You can't. Heck the town where my brother lives
doesn't even have a McDonalds yet. It's places like these that need mail
order. The few mail order places I have checked into do their own repair
work too. Which is good, since no one wants to drive 200 miles to get
their Amiga fixed.


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