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From: elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: CBM prospects for 1989
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Date: 23 Nov 88 05:17:09 GMT
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In message <13596@oberon.USC.EDU>, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) says:
[quotes from VAR organ:'

>327 dealers responded to surveys during the last three months. Most "had
>positive things to say about how Commodore has progressed in the past
>year" according to Hill. Overall, the results showed a strong  improvement
>in Commodore's rating from its dealers, compared to results of a 
>January survey.
>
>Commodore attributes the shift to better advertising and promotional programs,
>such as the COmmodore trade-in and rebate programs, the new VCR promotion,
>and Cable TV and comsumer newspaper advertising".

According to my local dealer, Commodore has turned 180 degrees around
on the point of dealer support... heck, they even sent him a dealer
newsletter! He used to carry IBM clones by Amstrad and others, but now
the only clones in his shop are Commodore... "I get the feeling
they're listening, when I call them", he sez.

About the latest promo: I don't know about the VCR (it looks REAL
cheap!). But one thing to keep in mind about the VCR -- you can hook
its output to the composite input of your monitor, giving you
basically a FREE TV TUNER so that you can watch MTV videos between
making them ;-). Not to mention that the software package thing is
really useful... Textcraft isn't exactly Wordperfect, but it's
certainly adequate to do letters 'n stuff (unlike Notepad which is
TOTALLY useless... not to mention BUGGY).

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