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From: ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: (none)
Message-ID: <7138@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 3 Oct 88 13:02:34 GMT
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Reply-To: ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP (Daniel Jay Barrett)
Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ. Computing Ctr.
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	I have found the following algorithm almost 100% effective
when ordering from Abel Supply.

#define EQUAL !strcmp

OrderingFromAbel(item)
amigaware *item;
{
	char answer[BUFSIZ];

	if (IsHardware(item))
		OrderFromSomewhereElse(item);
	else {
		AskFirst("Is it in stock RIGHT NOW?");
		Wait(1 << Hold_On_While_I_Check);
		gets(answer);
		if (EQUAL(answer, "yes"))
			Order(item);
		else
			OrderFromSomewhereElse(item);
	}
}


	/* Yes, Abel Supply has the cheapest prices.  But they NEVER
keep hardware in stock.  I have even heard this from the hardware
manufacturers themselves.  Order from Abel ONLY if you are ordering
software and the software is in stock RIGHT NOW.  Not "tomorrow". */


-- 
Dan Barrett	ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP			UUCP
		barrett@cs.jhu.edu	(128.220.13.4)	ARPA
Dept. of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD  21218