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From: daves@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Dave Scroggins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CBM HELP!!! Dealer Problems
Message-ID: <2030085@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Jul 88 20:54:00 GMT
References: <2030082@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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Eric,

>The problem is finding people with computer knowledge who can also
>sell computers. For example, at one local Amiga dealer, his price on

I don't want to sound like a smartalec, but do you REALLY think the 
dealers can't find good sales people that know about computers, or
are willing to learn??.

What about the college students that are majoring in CS??

Moreover, even IF they can't find good sales people that have Amiga 
knowledge, why on earth can't these people LEARN?

There are books and user groups in or near every city.

The resources are available for even inexperienced people to learn
about the Amiga.

There is no excuse for the sales person to be rude or unknowledgeable
about the product he is selling. That goes for computers as well as
cars or anything else.

>Amiga dealers are hard to come by, and I suspect that Commodore isn't
>interested in making it HARDER to become an Amiga dealer. 

Do you thiunk it would be better for CBM to have dealers with rude
uneducated sales people?? I mean what better way to sell MACs than 
have a persective customer treated like slime mold by the Amiga
dealership!!

The Marines want "a few good men". I want a few good Amiga dealers!!

Dave S.