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From: dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Better support for A500 owners, not less (was Re: Future of 500)
Message-ID: <1990Oct30.145615.1338@cs.umu.se>
Date: 30 Oct 90 14:56:15 GMT
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In article <JKH.90Oct29175704@bambam.pcs.com> jkh@bambam.pcs.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
>In article <83.2728F590@myamiga.UUCP> smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steve Palm) writes:
>
>>  I agree with your point that 'most' folks who have A2000 class machines or 
>>  greater tend to look down on the A500 owners.  I don't, however, think you 
>>  are looking at ALL sides of the issue.
>>  When you purchase an A500 these days you get FED-EX pickup for warranty 
>>  work, with an 800 number to call for help to boot.  What do you get in this 
>
>Whoa! Maybe you get this service in the U.S., but I don't get it in
>West Germany. Don't forget that not all Amiga owners live in the United
>States.

Quite right, in sweden there is generally NO support from commodore at all.
The guys working for commodore sweden seems to be too busy looking for work
at other, well-known computer manufacturers like I*M etc.

					Jorgen