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- From: smay@boi.hp.com (Scott Smay)
- Subject: Re: Anodyne/Skylon/Exult-?
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:38:54 GMT
- References: <1992Nov22.140520.34889@ux1.cts.eiu.edu>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
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- Howard Black (cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu) wrote:
- : In article <1992Nov21.232040.29400@dickens.com> lpc@dickens.com (Luis P Caamano) writes:
- : >In article <By1Es5.yL@news.cso.uiuc.edu> hpzg0650@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Hale P Zengingonul) writes:
- : >>Asics is pulling out its 'Gel' series from mail order companies as
- : >>Nike did with its 'Air' line.
- : >>
- : >
- : >Why? I was wondering why I didn't see any Nikes in those mail order
- : >catalogs, and now no Asics either?
- :
- : For Asics (and I assume for Nike as well) the company line is that
- : their high-tech shoes require the personal services of a knowledgable
- : salesperson to make sure you get the exact right shoe for you.
-
- Even if true, the advice I've had over the phone from Rad Runner etal is
- much more knowledgable than I get from the high school football players
- who work in the shoe stores that carry these high tech shoes.
-
- Asics? What are those? They're not in the Road Runner catalog, so they must
- not be too good.
-
- scott
-