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From: ammrk@swbatl.sbc.com (Mike R. Kraml)
Subject: Re: Plato Computers
Message-ID: <1991May29.160721.5601@swbatl.sbc.com>
Organization: Southwestern Bell Advanced Technology Laboratory
References: <1991May23.134944.589@mac.cc.macalstr.edu> <1991May23.211215.26729@swbatl.sbc.com> <1991May28.182036.606@mac.cc.macalstr.edu>
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Date: Wed, 29 May 91 16:07:21 GMT

In article <1991May28.182036.606@mac.cc.macalstr.edu> sdfusc@mac.cc.macalstr.edu writes:
>In article <1991May23.211215.26729@swbatl.sbc.com>, ammrk@swbatl.sbc.com (Mike R. Kraml) writes:
>> In article <1991May23.134944.589@mac.cc.macalstr.edu> sbkrys@mac.cc.macalstr.edu (Barry Kryshka, MN) writes:
>>>> Gee Mike, maybe you should have thought before you started posting
>>>> misinformation all over the nets.  Aren't you the user who told use every
>>>> dealer got the free monitor, but that only PLATO was giving them away free? 
>>>> There was a tasty bit of misinformation, considering the fact that NO dealer
>>>> received the free monitor with the power up deal.  When I called Plato and 
>>>> asked what was up, the guy on the other end of the phone told me how STUPID 
>>>> his distributor was, how if he filled out seperate forms, he could get both 
>>>> deals.  Doesn't sound very honest, does it?  Maybe you should think before you
>>>> flame every dealer in the country for trying to find out who was illegally
>>>> undercutting them.
>>>> 
>>>> 						Doug
>>>> 						SDFUSC@MACALSTR.EDU
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>P.S.   Doug is a dealer.
>>    Figures!!!
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>Barry Kryshka     at    Macalester College-a feisty but small liberal arts place
>>>sbkrys@macalstr.edu                                                    Minnesota
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>>  =============================================================================
>>       Mike Kraml - Manager-Finance MECHANIZATION - SWBT - (the HARD Hack)
>>           UUCP: {uunet, bellcore, texbell}...!swbatl.sbc.com!ammrk   
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>
>Sigh.  First, I don't actually own a dealership, I just work in one.  I had
>thought that the fact that I mentioned the contents of the CBM Power Up mailing
>to dealers might indicate that I worked at a dealer, but I guess someone felt
>the need to point it out again.  I assume the fact that I work part time on a
>non-comission basis means that I'm a disgusting capitalist pig.  Please. 
>Everything I've told you is true.  It became frustrating to us when our
>customers would call us up, tell us about Plato, and accuse us of stealing from
>them, because of the psuedo-information you posted, and because of Plato's
>attempt to scam their distributor.  Listen, if anyone wants more information, I
>have it.  The dealer's never got the free monitor with the power up.  There was
>no consipracy on the part of every dealer in the country except for Plato to
>screw the customer.  I find it ironic that to some, they look like heros
>because they tried to sell a ton of Amiga's in violation of contract at the
>expense of those who played by the rules (and didn't break the law.)
>
>If you have any more questions, e-mail me.
>
>					Doug
>					SDFUSC@MACALSTR.EDU


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