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From: elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Commodore Flame  (One Blue and One Brown Eye)
Message-ID: <4085@killer.UUCP>
Date: 14 May 88 05:29:37 GMT
References: <3756@fluke.COM>
Organization: SciCom Systems
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in article <3756@fluke.COM>, whitlock@tc.fluke.COM (David Whitlock) says:
> reason why I decided to buy a Commodore A2010 internal drive for
> my Amiga 2000 and pay the extra bucks was because I wanted the
> drives to match. 

The sort of anal-retentive personality portrayed so well in "The Odd Couple"
(the character of "Felix Unger"). I bet your pencils are lined up in neat
ranks beside your blotter, and papers are neatly stacked by size and priority.
Most people have long ago become resigned to the fact that nothing is perfect,
what counts is if it works.... but I guess that's the difference between an
engineer and a marketeer -- one's concerned with what it does, and the other
is concerned with how it looks.

> Now here is the big slap in the face.  I tried to call Commodore
> customer service and LIKE ALWAYS, they were very rude; stating that
> it is functionally the same drive as in the A2000 and that "It
> should not be my concern what the front bezel looked like (click)".

I served once on a customer service phone line. It becomes difficult after a
while, coping with some of the pompous twits who call time after time with the
most ridiculous concerns.  They shouldn't have hung up on you, but they're
only human, y'know.

> Since I have no way of resolving this matter, I thought it was
> appropriate to ONCE AGAIN air my frustration with Commodore and
> hope that some of the Good Commodore Guys here on the net can
> solve my problem.

Does the machine work? Yes? Sheesh! Lighten up, dude! Kick back, relax, and
enjoy, instead of fussing about every little imperfection that you see upon
the surface of the space-time continuum!

> truly concerned about their customers.  The ol' Bait and Switch
> rule of thumb "s*cks" in my book!  Now I'm stuck with an A2000 
> with one Blue Eye and one Brown Eye!

Who cares?

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    Eric Lee Green                     {cuae2,ihnp4}!killer!elg
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