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- From: krafsur@iastate.edu (King Henry V)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Why not Wal-Mart or Sears!!!
- Date: 22 Jan 96 22:31:21 GMT
- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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- In <4dungg$m14@madrid.visi.net> duncan@infi.net (duncan smith) writes:
- Hate to tell you this, but chain stores generally sell crap when it
- comes to computers (bicycles too btw). Quite frankly Id rather not have
- Amigas be associated with crap dos-box clones.
-
- Secondly there is not enough of a market for any large chain to bother
- stocking Amigas, remember even the biggest stores have limited shelf
- space, they are not going to stock something that wont sell well.
-
- >As an ex Amiga user and still Amiga advocate, I think it would be great if AT
- >had Wal-Mart or Sears selling Amigas. This would make Amiga available in
- >every state and expose many to the Amiga. Wal-Marts computer section is not
- >bad and they sell software as cheap as anyone! Sears also has a great
- >computer section. AT has to do something. As long as one has to get an
- >Amiga by mail order, it will be difficult to attract new users and maintain
- >old ones. Imagine being able to go to Wal-Mart and buy programs and look at
- >the latest machine or even go to the Amiga section while the wife is looking
- >at kids panties. My question if not Wal-Mart or Sears who??
-
- --
- Ed Krafsur
- krafsur@iastate.edu
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