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From: charles@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Charles Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mail Order Amigas
Message-ID: <5660051@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Aug 89 22:20:10 GMT
References: <21231@louie.udel.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
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>> Another thing with mail order and local dealers is just this:
>> Alan W. McKay  |  My opinions are mine, yours are yours. |  Eat Food  |

> The problem with this type of argument is that it assumes that
> one has the choice between a local dealer and a mail order
> place.  MANY PEOPLE DON'T!  I don't.  Many of my Amiga-owning
> friends don't.  We have to rely on mail order places.  THERE IS
> NO CHOICE FOR US.
> Ken Steele   Dept. of Psychology    kms@ecsvax.[bitnet || UUCP]

Ken is right, but he never got around to saying why.

I cannot go to the local Amiga dealer because THERE IS NO local dealer
in Corvallis Oregon.  The nearest dealer is 50 miles from here in
Eugene.  I visited there several times.  After a few bad experiences I
decided I didn't want to deal with them.  The next nearest dealer is
about 90 miles away in Portland.  Due to road conditions, it takes me
about 2 hours to get there.  That's one way.  I simply cannot afford
throwing away 4 hours of my day to visit the Amiga distributor.

If I had known Commodore would not back up their warrantee for mail
order buyers, I would not have bought one.  Five of my friends have
bought Amigas.  I think my recommendation influenced them.  (I know
that two of them were so influenced.)  I will no longer be
recommending Amiga.  I like the system.  But how can I recommend it
when the company does not back its own warrantee?
--
	Charles Brown	charles@cv.hp.com or charles%hpcvca@hplabs.hp.com
			or hplabs!hpcvca!charles or "Hey you!"
	Not representing my employer.