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- From: adrian@ebc1.demon.co.uk (Adrian)
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- Subject: Re: *** Escom UK: A historic moment ***
- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 02:21:55 GMT
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- Hi,
- >Sorry if this post is a bit long, but bear with me!
- [big snip]
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- >Escom UK are either phenomenally stupid, or for some reason are anxious
- >that Amigas could rob them of extortinately-high profits. Why else would
- >they put an extremely stripped-down A1200 without a hard drive against
- >PeeCees with 8 megs of RAM ? In my opinion, the Amiga wins hands down,
- >but what do potential customers think ? If you believe that Escom should
- >sell the "Surfer" pack, let them know. Shouldn't their staff be trained
- >? Why is there no software or hardware in their stores ? To get answers,
- >write to them (especially if there are some stores that STILL refuse to
- >display their Amigas). I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I've
- >contacted everyone in Head Office I can think of. For goodness sake,
- >I've even written to Manfred Schmitt. No joy. People like that won't
- >listen to constructive criticism from the inside, it has to cost them
- >customers first. YOU are the customers. Write to Escom UK Ltd, 3
- >Riverside Way, Riverside Business Park, Irvine, KA11 5DJ, Scotland.
- >Every letter counts!
-
- I have an idea. Co-ordination seems to be the biggest problem here. One
- person in one store, battling against the odds will loose. That's a fact.
- However, if help can be enlisted from a famous magazine, with staff that
- have a presence on the net, [Matt, are you here?, with us?] then maybe I
- have an answer.
-
- I don't profess to be able to provide the demo that brings giant sales to
- Escoms A1200 stock, but, if the demo does materialise, then perhaps the
- magazine in question could consider providing it on one of the CD's that
- they intend to cover mount in the near future.
-
- I have a feeling that of all of us on the net, just about every Escom shop
- in the country must be reachable by any one of us. So, after buying the
- mag, copy to floppy, pop down to Escom and spend an hour or so setting the
- machine up. We all know how to plug it in and make it play. You're hour or
- two may just make the difference to the future of these machines.
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- Comments [Matt?]
-
- Adrian
- <sb>Adrian
- <tsb>adrian@ebc1.demon.co.uk
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