NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/hardware/20021

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From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
Subject: Re: A1200 and LD vs HD (marketing? what marketing?)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
Disclaimer: This posting does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 23:41:42 GMT
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Quoth [e-mail] (Joel Edward Swan):
]>
]> >minute details like the floppy drive, it's a lost cause.  If you want to
]> >sell the computer, SELL THE COMPUTER.
]>
]> Disk drives are part of THAT COMPUTER.  What you are saying is "I'll sell my
]> favorite part of the computer and to hell with anyone elses needs."

For every feature ALONE on a 1200, I can point to cheaper alternatives outside
the fold of C= machines.  When sold as a SYSTEM, however, the Amiga has a clear
edge.  That is the point I am trying to make here.  I could say the same for
graphics (3000 vs SVGA) or other SINGLE features of the machine.  But taken as
a whole, the advantage is Amiga's.

]> >One reason I decided against going into biz for myself.  After seeing what
]> >the dealer I worked with had to go through to keep above water with C='s
]> >dealer support tactics, I decided that I wanted a roof over my head
]> >and food to eat more than I wanted to sell Amigii...
]>
]> Given your philosphy of salesmanship, I doubt it was _your_ decision to not
]> sell computers.  Let's see hands of even one thriving dealer here on the net
]> tha would ever let you work for them with that crappy attitude.

I wish you had said "I bet"... I could have made a buck offa you.  Nope, I and
my former employer parted on the best of terms, we still do business, and, as
they say in the Resume biz, "references available on request."

]>   / Joel E. Swan....Pres./...Media Specialties, Ltd., Oak Forest, IL.USA  /
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