tmb@davinci.acc.Virginia.EDU (Thomas M. Breeden) (03/14/90)
Now that Commodore has zapped mail order of their products,
those of us in the great American hinterlands are put in
a real difficult position.
e.g., my ver 1 Janus software keeps trashing the JLINK'd disk
when I forget and do an AREAD to it. The Commodore recommedation
was to get the update from my dealer. About once every four months
I get to Richmond, VA, where the nearest Amiga "dealers" reside.
So I call the Commodore 800 number and get four dealers in Richmond
and then attempt to talk to them about Bridgeboard software.
This is, of course, totally useless, as none of them appeared to
have any knowledge of such a thing as the Bridgeboard, or some of
the even of the fact that Commodore sells any other Amiga than
the 500.
I gave up.
Now, I'd sure like to take advantange of the edu discount to purchase
a 2630 board, but...
Is there a real Amiga dealer in the Wash DC area? anywhere else within
100 miles of me in central Virginia? I bought my original A1000
(since sold and the last A2000 purchased from Go Amigo) from a dealer
in Fairfax who as since more-or-less given up on
the Amiga (though I think is still a Commodore "dealer").
Commodore, this is a real problem. I've got a relatively large amount
of dedication left with Amiga, but not infinite. There is some
value to the time your users have to put into hasseling with the
difficulties here, and at some point that is going to tip the
scales away from Amiga.
After all, there are at least 3 dealers withing walking distance of
where I am typing this who are eager to sell me MacIntosh's and
all kinds of MacIntosh periphenalia. I am beginning to be worn down
when I contrast that to the prospect of driving 100 miles whenever I
need something with the Commodore name on it. (Now if I could just
pick up the phone, it would be entirely different).
Sorry about the kvetching, but I am interested in hearing about any
dealers who really are willing to take some time that won't be
too busy or too dumb to deal with someone giving up a weekend day
to shop with them.
Tom Breeden
tmb@virginia.EDU