Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!mcnc!ncsuvx!news From: kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Commodore and \ Message-ID: <1991Jan7.055207.7113@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 7 Jan 91 05:52:07 GMT References: <4426@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <730031@hpmwngf.HP.COM> Sender: news@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: NCSU Computing Center Lines: 16 mikep@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Mike Powell) writes: > I had an interesting experience this 'shopping' season... I dropped > by Video Concepts (Now owned by TANDY corp. I'm told), which carries > the A500 and a couple of Tandy machines... So I act dumb and get > a salesman to help me out.... [salesman tries to sell clone] > I suppost it's this way all over.......... It's that way anywhere you have salespeople, in any kind of store, I'm afraid.... they will always push the system/car/stereo/speakers/ computer/tools/whatever that they themselves are most familiar with. Especially these days, it's hard to find salespeople who have the time or inclination to learn about stuff they themselves don't own or use. In the old computer store days, things seemed different in this respect. Oooops. Falling into a "good old days" trap again ;-). best - kev