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From: FINEBERG@WUMS2.WUSTL.EDU (Charlie Fineberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: Re: Plato Computers
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Date: 29 May 91 23:15:11 GMT
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  In following the conversation between Doug and Mike, I don't think that
Doug realizes that Mike and I know Plato computers and know that they
wouldn't intentionally jeopardize their relatively newly one Commodore
dealership.  During the GAC (Gateway Amiga Club) meeting on May 1st, the
representative from Plato computers mentioned that if you bought a 3000/16
system, Commodore was giving a monitor to the dealer.  Since he has a new
dealership he thought the publicity was worth the loss of Commodore's gift
and he would be willing to pass the monitor on to the user.  The other
dealers, even those at the meeting, did not find it hard to say "thats his
perogative".
  Later that evening some members of the club asked him to call C= about
adding the 1950 to the power up deal.  He said he would check, but didn't,
before a large group of Amiga enthusiasts, say he would do it.  I didn't
hear of his deal until a week later.  Why decide to "steal" from people
after your best opportunity has passed?  I can only conclude that he did as
he said.  He checked with C=.  He'd been doing that a lot anyway to make
sure he was meeting at least the minimum requirements to keep his
dealership.  If C= and Plato had problems in communication (obviously he
either did not get the quoted letter, or did not get by the time he started
giving 1950 monitors away) whos fault is that?
  When on the phone did you ask if he had gotten the letter of April 29th? 
He was learning of incentive plans strictly on the phone at that time.  Or
through the other dealers in town.  (Who were probably just as pissed when
he added the two deals together.)  So for almost a week Plato offered a
deal which Commodore didn't intend on offering, but ARE supporting, and a
few people got cheaper 3000/16's.  It seems to me that when C= saw the
mistake they corrected it and did the right thing.  They said no more, but
we're not going to lose this new dealer.
  So lets mellow out, there's not just one heavy and a posse of good guys. 
There was miscommunication and a willingness for the Amiga market not to
think about the good of all involved.
	Charlie
P.S. I have no affiliation with Plato and didn't buy one of the packages in
	question.
-- 
Charlie Fineberg	Biochemistry Dept., Wash. U. Sch. of Medicine (WUMS)
Box 8231, 4566 Scott Ave.		  BITNET: FINEBERG@WUMS
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