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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
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Date: 8 Nov 90 15:15:53 GMT
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jthornto@fs1.ee.ubc.ca (THORNTON JOHAN A) writes:

|>When this thread last came up a few months ago, the complaints came from
|>people who, like me, bought their HP48s *before* the fall promotion started.
|>These are the loyal people.  Many of us sold our HP28S's and immediately
|>bought the new HP product.  

By your opinion. If you really want to stretch things, why didn't you keep
your HP28 and force the person who you sold it to, to go buy their own
in addition to buying your own ?
And thereby, making HP a better profit ?
That's loyal ! But just because you went and bought your calculator right
away is no test of loyalty.

|>->So I hold nothing against HP (except for I wish the deadline had been longer)

|>I disagree here.  The promo should have started earlier - the same time the
|>calculator came on the market.  

Whatever. You bought yours before hand so you want it started earlier. I 
wanted to buy mine later so I wanted it stretched out. All personal preference.

|>->I know tough Sh*t, right ? (I understand the reasoning it's just a tough
|>->attitude to have towards your customers.)

|>What are you asking for?  That the promo be extended forever?

No I just said the TOUGH SH*T attitude is tough attitude to have towards your
customers. Did I say anything about the promo being extended forever ?
Hmmm, I must have missed that.

|>->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...

|>Another brand?  There is no other brand... and you call yourself loyal...

Sounds like to me you are bitter (i.e. kicking yourself in the butt) for 
buying too soon. Sounds like to me if you had been a little more patient,
you would have had been able to take advantage of the offer too.

I'm sorry but not everyone spends all their time waiting hand and foot for
HP to get a new product out. So some of us (at least me) probably didn't have
any idea that a 48SX existed. Like I said before, I didn't find out about 
comp.sys.handhelds until I started looking for a new HP. I like the HP48
but I can tell you now that I will never use it nearly as much as you do.
But I would have used the equation card... In others words, I like the HP48,
but I don't "sleep" with it so obviously I want the best deal possible.
It took me time to find out with calculator had the things I needed and whether
or not I need to pay the extra $$ for the HP48 over the 28.
If you are familiar with a new products, I would hope that even you'd research
before rushing out and buying it.

Next, there is a difference between loyal and blind stupidity. I think I'm
loyal simply in the fact that I didn't even consider another calculator
initially. I'll stay loyal until I feel like I missed something. And I do
feel like I've missed something - I think you do too. But looking around
only keeps people/businesses honest. HP is still my number one preference
but I see nothing with making sure someone isn't giving me more for my
money. HP wasn't always the best - at some point loyal customers of another
brand had to realize HP was offering a better product and make the switch.

Lastly, (as I said before) I hold nothing against HP. I'm really pissed at the
salesman who didn't know his products or bother to inform me of any "fall
promotion". If he did, I'd have both my HP48 and an equation card.

Peace.
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