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- From: Greenl@metrolink.net (Greenl)
- Subject: Wonder-Ful!
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- Date: 20 Apr 96 05:58:44 GMT
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- So Wonder is re-incarnated! Certainly this has the potential to be a good
- thing for those of us who love the Amiga. We thought it was great that a
- business chain devoted to the Amiga could start up and expand to a half-
- dozen stores in Canada, while many other dealers across North America were
- quitting, or trying to convert to sell other brands and types of equipment.
- The situation got progressively more bleak here in the U.S., and I think
- many of us wished we had a thriving chain of dealers down here.
-
- But there is another side of this. A lot of people were hurt by Wonder's
- demise. For example, a friend of mine was facing a financial crisis and
- needed a job badly. He was one of those hired by a management who seemed
- out of touch with the realities of business, only about a month before the
- cave-in. He was never paid for some 200 hours of work; about 60 other
- people fared no better.
-
- There are also reports that Wonder, as did Computer Answers, had money
- from customers for products on order; people got no product or refund.
- Suppliers were unpaid large amounts. Customers lost equipment in repair.
- These are the usual results of foreclosures, and although I don't have first-
- hand knowledge of cases and amounts, there are probably plenty of people
- who can tell of their losses, reportedly in the millions.
-
- At times, we may have to accept bankruptcy proceedings involving our money
- and goods as a risk of modern life, and try to be glad for any recovery
- that we can get, usually after interminable months and years of wrangling
- in the courts. But we can reasonably ask: regardless of legalities, if
- the same people who mis-managed a company into bankruptcy want to COME
- BACK and try doing the same thing better a SECOND time, do they not have
- a moral obligation to compensate the employees, customers and suppliers
- who lost money? Should we simply erase all debts, and welcome them with
- open arms?
-
- I'm sure the new Wonder folks DO have a plan for repaying those who
- lost money, because I believe they are honest people who see the necessity
- of regaining and maintaining the trust and good will of the rest of us.
- I'm sure they won't hide behind the protection of the courts.
-
- I'm sure... oh, damn; here they come with the restraints again!
-
- Hal Greenlee
- HardDrivers Co.
- Merritt Island, Florida
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