Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu!vkr From: vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CBM HELP!!! Dealer Problems Message-ID: <654@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> Date: 4 Jul 88 20:35:43 GMT References: <2030082@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <4408@sphinx.uchicago.edu> <4671@killer.UUCP> <346@uwslh.UUCP> Organization: Ohio State Math-Stats Dept Lines: 12 In article <346@uwslh.UUCP>, lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts) writes: > The point is that if one wants to capture the business market, > one of the things that a computer company needs to offer is a reliable > machine and a good service plan. From the complaints that have been > voiced over the net (mostly for a500's), this is not quite what > Commodore seems to be doing. The 500 is for el Cheapos like me :-). You pays your money and you takes your chances. If you really want to use a 500 for business, buy two of them. Actually that is something CBM can try its dealers to do: Keep a stock of 2000s. You pay a maintainance fee and if your machine breaks down, you get a replacement till the original is fixed. This is how high-end micros deal with breakdown. For all I know some dealer near you may be doing it.