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From: [e-mail] (Alexander Szewczak)
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Subject: Re: SGI sales
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Date: 30 Jul 92 13:14:54 GMT
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[e-mail] (James W. Melton) writes:
: The question is: is this normal procedure for SGI? Miss a quota and
: hit the road? Does this imply anything about SGI's current or
: future financial picture? I really need a local sales rep. We are
: in the midst of a pitched evangelism campaign and I can't do SGI's
: sales job for them. Calling some guy in California won't cut it.
: What is SGI's policy for local sales reps?

The question is, does SGI *have* a policy for local sales reps? Ours has to
be beaten about the head with bags of money before he'll even return calls,
even to groups who've purchased dozens of machines already. Don't even think
about getting info about chump-change things like CPU upgrades. Is there a
procedure for impeachment?

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