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- From: Paul Copsey <paul@hectortd.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 96 17:26:53 GMT
- Organization: E. Scrooge's Humbug Factory
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- Gary Alan Peake (Gemini2@cup.portal.com) wrote:
- > > >Not yet. That's the point. The problem is that AT or Escom seems
- > > >unwilling to put any money into marketing the Amiga. Do you think that
- > > >Manfred couldn't have put out a fax to all his stores saying "Look,
- > > >this system is owned by one of our subsidiaries. Display it properly
- > > >and push it. If you need help with it, call the Escom HQ in your
- > > >country and they'll help you."? That's virtually free marketing, but,
- > > >as lots of our UK bretheren said, 1200s were languishing in boxes in
- > > >Escom stores.
- >
- > Not 'lots' ... Paul said.
-
- I'll back that up, one Escom shop near me didn't even acknowledge
- the machines existance.
-
- Tandy (Radio Shack) in the city centre here even had an Amstrad 1200
- for sale!
-
- The UK has always been one of the strongholds of the Amiga, but it's
- losing it.
-
- Paul
-
- --
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- "You've been talking to Garibaldi again, haven't you?"
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