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From: dick@ucsfcca.UUCP (Dick Karpinski)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Amiga Launch!/Commodore support
Message-ID: <391@ucsfcca.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 21:44:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: ucsfcca.391
Posted: Mon Jul 29 21:44:52 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 1-Aug-85 22:04:52 EDT
References: <222@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Reply-To: dick@ucsfcca.UUCP (Dick Karpinski)
Organization: UCSF Computer Center
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Summary: Huh?  Do I detect an inconsistency?

In article <222@brl-tgr.ARPA> mcb@LLL-TIS-B.ARPA (Michael C. Berch) writes:
>
>If that's cruddy support, let's have more of it. DAMN STRAIGHT a
>dealer ought to cover warranty jobs for units not sold by them.
> ...
>As far as major toy stores and so forth -- this is what's known as a
>market economy. Certainly firms that buy Quantity 10,000 are entitled
>to a better price than those who buy Quantity 100? This gives the
>buyer an option -- buy at a full-service dealer at a higher price
>and get good support, advice, help with installation and training, or
>buy at a major discounter and get a low price but nothing else. That's

Huh?  The retailer who pays the higher price is supposed to handle the
warranty work (at significant cost) for the joker who bought his at
lower cost from a discounter?  I find it hard to believe that these
two thoughts came in the same message.  Did the poster forget the
first paragraph before writing the second or have I misunderstood?

Dick
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