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From: minor@motcid.UUCP (Kevin E. Minor (+1 708 632 7043))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Free EQ deal and complaints
Message-ID: <5100@opal18.UUCP>
Date: 7 Nov 90 16:55:04 GMT
References: <90309.122749JMEYERS@MTUS5.BITNET>
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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JMEYERS@MTUS5.BITNET writes:

|>I would like to comment on the complaining that I have heard recently from
|>the people who bought their HP-48SX before (or after) the time period in
|>which HP was offering the free EQ card.  The offer is no different in
|>concept than a car rebate from a manufacturer.  If you buy the car during
|>the time that a $1,000 rebate is offered, you get the rebate.  Otherwise,
|>you are just tuff out of luck.  This is the exact same case with the
|>free EQ card.  If you bought the HP-48SX on Sept. 14 then you are not
|>entitled to the card and there should not be any complaining.  If some one
|>wants to dissagree with me then please state the reason why you believe
|>that it should be any different.

Hey, I'm not that upset with HP... I mean you make a good point.
But many stores do allow you to get the sale price of an item if the
item goes on sale a period after that.
The reason is when you give customers a break they tend to stay loyal.

The only thing that upsets me is that my calculator was lost (not by me)
during the deadline and I missed the deadline while trying to find out
or decide between the HP28 and 48. My calculator was the apparently now
ancient HP41... I had no idea the benefits and drawbacks between the 28
and 48. The salesman where I went did not tell me anything about a
fall promotion nor could they tell me anything about the two calculators.
I ended up trying to compare the two owners manuals in the store, but
I wasn't able to come up with a definite conclusion.
I finally tried to gain experience thru a local news group - I didn't
even know about this news group.... I even found out about HP calc hotline
and call them for more info and found a review on the HP48.
By the time, I had all the info I needed to make a decision,
poof the deadline was gone. Now if that salesman had told me about the
deadline on the offer, perhaps I could have acted more quickly and taken
advantage of the offer. Come to think of it, if I knew about the equation
card, I would have bought it on the spot.

So I hold nothing against HP (except for I wish the deadline had been longer)
but it makes me made because I could have probably gotten a lot of use
out of the card and probably will not be able to get it now...
I probably won't have as much use for many to 48 functions as I would have
had for the card.
It would have been ideal with the 48 (for me). 
I know tough Sh*t, right ? (I understand the reasoning it's just a tough
attitude to have towards your customers.)

This only tells me that maybe I should wait on buying in case another
promotion comes around or some other brand has a good deal...
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