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From: steve@wlbr.UUCP (Steve Childress)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Development Kit
Message-ID: <397@wlbr.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 12:40:59 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 18 12:40:59 1985
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In article <38600002@ISM780.UUCP>, farmer@ISM780.UUCP writes:
> 
> >        It is my general feeling, from reading some of the mail on the net,
> >that a few of the Amigians out there who placed orders for Amiga's Dedelopment
> >Kit are disgruntled over Commodore's apparent lack of expediency in the matter.
> 
> David Farmer


I'm livid, Dave. I sent a chashier's check to expedite things.

Two weeks later, I received the CPU, RAM expansion, and external Drive.
  And not one manual or diskette. Not one. Nada. Zilch. No monitor either.
Worse, there's no note of explanation or a promise date. Just BO's all down
the shipper's QTY column.

Twelve days after that, I received the v1.0 Retail software package. No
monitor, no C, no manuals, except for AbasiC.

So, here I am, December 18, after mailing the order on Nov 16, with AbasiC.

And the receptionist at Commodore, in answer to my query for a projected
ship date, advises "call back in a week if you've received nothing." She's
been instructed by an air-head.

Well, Commodore-amiga, this is a certain formula for failure. 

To say that this is a lousy first impression of Commodore-Amiga's
regard for the developers is a great understatement.

			Steve Childress
			(818) 706-5000