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- From: mworden@public.compusult.nf.ca (Mark Worden)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga Marketing...WAL-MART!
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 00:11:48 GMT
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- jrstrai (jrstrai@freeway.net) wrote:
- : Marketing the Amiga is gonna be a serious chore. Advertizing the
- : machine will not do any good if people can't go out and get one, or
- : see a demo : of it.
- : The Amiga needs at least one major US outlet, the best way to
- : do that is to make them available at Wal-Mart. That would put them in
- : over 2000 locations nationwide, and also in canada, and puerto rico. Not
- : to mention we : would not be paying inflated prices for the machines.
- : If something is wrong with one take it to Wal-Mart and let
- : customer service do thier job.
-
- Hey, let's get some input here...
-
- What would it take to get the Amiga into Wal-Mart?
-
- Here in Newfoundland (Canada) there is currently NO Amiga dealer, and
- there doesn't seem to be anyone interested in even considering it. I've
- contacted two computer dealers here that at one time carried the Amiga,
- but they're not even interested in bringing it back. GAK!
-
- I know that there are still a number of Amiga users here in this
- province, but still it's only a handful, and I guess in a sense the
- companies I talked with were right in not considering it for lack of a
- substantial market. But Wal-Mart is here now (took over Woolco about
- two years ago) and I'd love to see them carry the Amiga, and I'd like it
- even better if I could be one of their reps (hey, I'm currently
- unemployed). I think that given a chance, interest in the Amiga will
- grow, but for starters, I'd say there has to be packages (i.e. A1200)
- that are low-cost, like the Internet-in-a-box thing. For example, someone
- who doesn't have a computer yet in their home wants to get started and
- have access to the Internet so they can e-mail their son or daughter in
- Ontario who is going to college. Put these puppies on display...run
- demos on them...set up games that people can play...set up a simple MIDI
- system where a potential customer can be given a very quick crash course
- in music and computers...set up a 24-bit video digitizer and a camera and
- capture children's faces, then do special effects on the screen...so on
- and so on...The Amiga does so well at these things.
-
- What do you often see when you enter a PC dealer's store? A bunch of
- PC's running graphics demos, playing some sound effects or music. But
- that's about it. With the Amiga, we should take a different
- approach...get the people interacting with the computer so they remember
- it better. Hand out brochures on the system's features, hand out a few
- T-shirts, caps, or mugs...I don't know, I'm just trying to get ideas
- going.
-
- Anyway, after babbling on like this, the main question I want to ask is,
- How do we get Wal-Mart to look at selling the Amiga? Do we have to leave
- it up to Amiga Technologies to approach them, or do we all write
- Wall-Mart and ask them ourselves? This is a serious question...I need to
- know or the Amiga may never come back to Newfoundland.
-
- Thanks for reading.
-
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