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From: huebner@aero.aero.org (Robert E. Huebner)
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Subject: Re: Creative (was Re:Imagine)
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Date: 4 Dec 90 21:48:47 GMT
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In article <90338.142239R38@psuvm.psu.edu>, R38@psuvm.psu.edu (Me!!) writes:
|> I am patiently waiting for my copy.
|> .
|> .
|> .
|> Hmm.
|> .
|> .
|> WHERE IS IT????!!!!  I put my order in to Creative Computers a week ago,
|> on the same day I called Impulse to hear they were shipping to distributors
|> that day.  So where is it?  I've waited so long now, I can wait a few
|> more days, but not weeks.
|> 
|> Just curious...
|> Marc Rifkin, r38@psuvm

Well, since Creative doesn't read the 'net, I doubt they'll respond.
I have an idea what might have happened and I figured that others that
deal with Creative might want to know about this:

If you are ordering a particularly hot item from Creative, your shipment
might be delayed.  The reason for this is that Creative runs a thriving
walk-in business here in LA and, since the retail showroom and shipping
area are in the same building, it is not uncommon for a salesperson to
slip back and take an item intended for mail order and sell it to an
in-store customer.  Since LA is full of video people, Imagine is certainly
a hot item here.

I don't mean this as a criticism, since its simply natural for a salesperson
to operate in this manner (I didn't say ethical or nice, but natural).  I
think overall Creative is one of the most trustworthy dealers I've dealt with.
Anyway, I've occasionally been on the "other" end of this situation :)
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Robert Huebner		huebner@aerospace.aero.org
			The Aerospace Corporation
also @ecn.purdue.eud	Computer Security Dept
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