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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!psinntp!psinntp!hyphenw!dwight
- From: dwight@hyphen.com (Dwight Ernest)
- Subject: Re: Worldblazer telebit modems
- Message-ID: <1992Sep6.212855.12482@hyphen.com>
- Keywords: worldblazer telebit modems Europe
- Organization: Hyphen, Inc., Wilmington, MA 01887 USA / +1 508 988-0880
- References: <121.12417@incc.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 21:28:55 GMT
- Lines: 26
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- jerry@incc.com (Jerry Rocteur) writes:
-
- >I just thought I would inform all or any of you who may be interested
- >what the story is about Telebit in Europe.
-
- >First of all Telebit themselves won't sell to Europe from the states,
- >they automatically give you their distributor in UK.
-
- >Now for the funny part, and this will explain why so many people buy
- >their computer and electrical equipment from the states, the salesman
- >at Telebit UK is called Richard Brayshaw his phone number is
- >+44.784441986, be prepared for a long wait on the phone as he seems to
- >be the only salesman, here comes the funny part, the price in UK is 945
- >pounds, is this a fu****g joke or what,
-
- No joke. Big rip-off. And for UK customers, who need to get the green
- sticker (BABT approval), there are very few alternatives. In fact,
- I know of no other possibilities.
-
- GBP 945 == ~US$1900 at this time. That's right, the equivalent of
- APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS. This seems to me to
- be gouging.
- --
- --Dwight A. Ernest Special Projects Engineer I speak only for myself.
- Hyphen, Inc. / 187 Ballardvale St. / Wilmington, MA 01887 / +1 508 988 0880
- dae@world.std.com dwight@hyphen.com
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