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- From: odin@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Andrew George Elia)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Alien Breed 3D Escom UK shops are crap
- Date: 4 Mar 1996 10:43:52 GMT
- Organization: Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, UK
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- On 29 Feb 1996 16:53:49 GMT, rooster may remember saying something along the lines of this:
-
- : It's very encouraging to see that dealers in Europe are taking the Amiga
- : seriously.But guess what ?In my local Escom shop* they have ALL the PCs
- : running some kind of demo(application,gfx,sound etc.)but the one 1200 they
- : have unboxed is sat at on end of the shop away from the window with just
- : the workbench screen showing.In the middle of the shops they have a stack of
- : 1200s still boxed but absolutely nothing showing off demos.It is painfully
- : obvious the staff are only interested in selling PCs.If anyone from Escom
- : reads this then do something about it.Advertise for Amiga enthusiasts to
- : work in the shops to demo the Amiga.Contact demo groups and have packages of
- : demos made so that even the most Amiga ignorant member of staff can load in
- : a repeating series of demoes etc.COME ON!! YOU WILL MAKE MONEY FROM THIS!!
-
- : Andy O'Dowd (rooster)
-
- : *my local shop is in Southampton,UK.
-
- Well here I am. At least one store (ie. mine) has got something different
- on their Amiga. I blame Escom UK totally for messing up the sales of
- Amigas in the UK. It's completely inexcusable. I've tried a variety of
- things to try and make them wake up, but they won't listen. I've been in
- touch with the purchasing manager, the marketing manager, my area
- manager, and even the managing director, but no-one seems interested. If
- you're really serious about this, I suggest that you talk to one of the
- sales people in the shop. It's likely that they will push you towards a
- PeeCee, and will slag off the Amiga. You can then use this as the basis
- of a formal complain to Head Office. They might listen if you can blame
- some staff for it. Don't get me wrong, Escom UK pays my wages, but at the
- same time, they don't show me or my views any respect at all. All this
- stuff that I'm posting is for their own good. Read my posting about it on
- c.s.a.advocacy and c.s.a.misc. It contains the Head Office address.
-
- Andy E.
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