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- From: ejszul@obscurity.pd.mcs.net (Eric Szulczewski)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga promotion in USA.
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 20:44:06 CST
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- In a message dated 01-04-96 08-08 Chris Hall writes:
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- CH> Eric Szulczewski (ejszul@obscurity.pd.mcs.net) wrote:
- CH>
- CH> : As I said, Chris, you're coming in from Texarkana, in the heart of
- CH> : Wal-mart Country, and I understand you using them. I just have a very
- CH> : sore spot when it comes to that particular corporation. I want the
- CH> : Amiga to be mass-marketed; I really would prefer that it wasn't
- CH> : Wal-Mart. Besides, don't you think that Wal-Mart would present the
- CH> : wrong image of the Amiga?
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- CH> I don't think they would alter the image of the Amiga, just the
- CH> availability. Now if you want to talk about the wrong image, K-Mart would
- CH> do that. I can just see it. "Attention K-Mart shoppers, we have a blue
- CH> light special on the Amiga 1200 computer in the electronics department.".
-
- Oh, hell, anything with "Mart" (dash or not) at the end will degrade
- the Amiga. Seeing an Amiga at KMart (no dash, BTW; they consider that
- fact very, very important) will make me run outside a store and vomit.
-
- CH> Talk about a company that needs to change it's image and name. K-Mart is
- CH> basically the same as they were in the early '70s. One of the local
- CH> K-Marts closed down about 6 months ago and the last time I went through
- CH> there, they had a set of game paddles from a VIC-20 on sale. The box was
- CH> yellowing, the year on the box was 1982 and the price was $12. No wonder
- CH> they are going out of business.
-
- The CEO of KMart even admitted in a recent quote that people were
- driving past KMarts to get to Wal-Marts. They're in dire shape if
- that's the case.
-
- BTW: I actually liked your idea about Radio Shack. They're trying to
- upgrade their image by cutting that deal with IBM to market Aptivas.
- And I have to admit that they did something right; their Computer City
- large-scale stores are fantastic. Good selection, good prices.
- Considering the mammoth Mac presence that was in there the last time I
- was (last week), maybe they've got room for Amigas.
-
- Eric Szulczewski
- ejszul@obscurity.pd.mcs.net
- Member, Team AMIGA
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