Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!diemen!tasman!steveh From: steveh@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Steven Howell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Sears? Kmart? Message-ID: Date: 30 Mar 91 13:16:28 GMT References: <21MAR91140202@alpha.sunquest.com> Sender: news@diemen.utas.edu.au Lines: 39 Well, this Kmart/Sears stuff has been kicked around for a while. The reason why people (Including ME) dislike the idea for marketing II's there is quite obvious. I have many times strolled around kmart's computer section to see Commodores ripped appart, lying around doing nothing, or computers piled up, with a big red BARGAIN poster on it, as if it was a junk sale. They do not sell this gear with a real lot of pride. Not enough for an apple II anyway. When i purchased my II. /// and GS, i purchased them from an apple dealer. A place that was home to any apple. And i felt i could go back there if i need to for virtually any reason. Not with Kmart. You'll most likely find they turned that department into a petshop or lighting section, and tell you the computers were now up the back. I am an apple tech, and am more familiar with the way apple set up shop. and this good. People actually like this. they feel at home, or know they are in a specialised section of apple's industry. But this home is now being considered for macintosh only. I do not wish to see this happen. Apple is a company with a lot of pride, and they will and do always stand there ground. So why should they send the apple II to a discount house to be piled up and flogged off as if it was just another brick in Kmarts/sears wall that will loose the pride of its name. Steve h .