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From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Software / Games ; Retail
Keywords: PC Tools, new version, FAX capability
Message-ID: <2442@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 13 Mar 90 20:08:04 GMT
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Reply-To: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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 I am taking sort of a little informational survey:
I buy very few games for use with my IBM pc... computers.  However,
the users I support buy some.  Over the last month or 2, I have had
a great influx of reported (& documented by me...) problems reading
original disks from unopened software boxes, coming from several
different local software vendors.
1. Has everyone/anyone else seen this annoying trend ?
2. Is it an attempt to increase sales by either making the disks
    recorded weaker or to induce problems copying or tp bring you
    back to the store over & over again.

The several stores that this is happening to, are very nice & are very 
easily taking the packages back over & over & over again.  

al