JMEYERS@MTUS5.BITNET (11/06/90)
I would like to comment on the complaining that I have heard recently from the people who bought their HP-48SX before (or after) the time period in which HP was offering the free EQ card. The offer is no different in concept than a car rebate from a manufacturer. If you buy the car during the time that a $1,000 rebate is offered, you get the rebate. Otherwise, you are just tuff out of luck. This is the exact same case with the free EQ card. If you bought the HP-48SX on Sept. 14 then you are not entitled to the card and there should not be any complaining. If some one wants to dissagree with me then please state the reason why you believe that it should be any different. Sincerely, Jason P. Meyers JMEYERS@MTUS5.BITNET
minor@motcid.UUCP (Kevin E. Minor (+1 708 632 7043)) (11/08/90)
JMEYERS@MTUS5.BITNET writes: |>I would like to comment on the complaining that I have heard recently from |>the people who bought their HP-48SX before (or after) the time period in |>which HP was offering the free EQ card. The offer is no different in |>concept than a car rebate from a manufacturer. If you buy the car during |>the time that a $1,000 rebate is offered, you get the rebate. Otherwise, |>you are just tuff out of luck. This is the exact same case with the |>free EQ card. If you bought the HP-48SX on Sept. 14 then you are not |>entitled to the card and there should not be any complaining. If some one |>wants to dissagree with me then please state the reason why you believe |>that it should be any different. Hey, I'm not that upset with HP... I mean you make a good point. But many stores do allow you to get the sale price of an item if the item goes on sale a period after that. The reason is when you give customers a break they tend to stay loyal. The only thing that upsets me is that my calculator was lost (not by me) during the deadline and I missed the deadline while trying to find out or decide between the HP28 and 48. My calculator was the apparently now ancient HP41... I had no idea the benefits and drawbacks between the 28 and 48. The salesman where I went did not tell me anything about a fall promotion nor could they tell me anything about the two calculators. I ended up trying to compare the two owners manuals in the store, but I wasn't able to come up with a definite conclusion. I finally tried to gain experience thru a local news group - I didn't even know about this news group.... I even found out about HP calc hotline and call them for more info and found a review on the HP48. By the time, I had all the info I needed to make a decision, poof the deadline was gone. Now if that salesman had told me about the deadline on the offer, perhaps I could have acted more quickly and taken advantage of the offer. Come to think of it, if I knew about the equation card, I would have bought it on the spot. So I hold nothing against HP (except for I wish the deadline had been longer) but it makes me made because I could have probably gotten a lot of use out of the card and probably will not be able to get it now... I probably won't have as much use for many to 48 functions as I would have had for the card. It would have been ideal with the 48 (for me). I know tough Sh*t, right ? (I understand the reasoning it's just a tough attitude to have towards your customers.) This only tells me that maybe I should wait on buying in case another promotion comes around or some other brand has a good deal... -- /-------------------------------------------------------\ | Kevin Minor ...uunet!motcid!minor | \-------------------------------------------------------/
jthornto@fs1.ee.ubc.ca (THORNTON JOHAN A) (11/08/90)
In article <5100@opal18.UUCP> minor@motcid.UUCP (Kevin E. Minor (+1 708 632 7043)) writes: ->JMEYERS@MTUS5.BITNET writes: ->|>I would like to comment on the complaining that I have heard recently from ->|>the people who bought their HP-48SX before (or after) the time period in ->|>which HP was offering the free EQ card. [...] When this thread last came up a few months ago, the complaints came from people who, like me, bought their HP48s *before* the fall promotion started. These are the loyal people. Many of us sold our HP28S's and immediately bought the new HP product. ->So I hold nothing against HP (except for I wish the deadline had been longer) I disagree here. The promo should have started earlier - the same time the calculator came on the market. ->I know tough Sh*t, right ? (I understand the reasoning it's just a tough ->attitude to have towards your customers.) What are you asking for? That the promo be extended forever? ->This only tells me that maybe I should wait on buying in case another ->promotion comes around or some other brand has a good deal... Another brand? There is no other brand... and you call yourself loyal... -> | Kevin Minor ...uunet!motcid!minor | ------- _/__/ ----------------------------------------------------- _| ___| E l e c t r i c a l | Johan Thornton, Esq. | | |_/ E n g i n E E r i n g |------------------------- |/| __| U n i v e r s i t y | jthornto@fs1.ee.ubc.ca |-| |/__ o f B r i t i s h |------------------------- | |_____| C o l u m b i a | This space for rent ---- |__|/_| ------------------------------------------------------
minor@motcid.UUCP (Kevin E. Minor (+1 708 632 7043)) (11/08/90)
jthornto@fs1.ee.ubc.ca (THORNTON JOHAN A) writes: |>When this thread last came up a few months ago, the complaints came from |>people who, like me, bought their HP48s *before* the fall promotion started. |>These are the loyal people. Many of us sold our HP28S's and immediately |>bought the new HP product. By your opinion. If you really want to stretch things, why didn't you keep your HP28 and force the person who you sold it to, to go buy their own in addition to buying your own ? And thereby, making HP a better profit ? That's loyal ! But just because you went and bought your calculator right away is no test of loyalty. |>->So I hold nothing against HP (except for I wish the deadline had been longer) |>I disagree here. The promo should have started earlier - the same time the |>calculator came on the market. Whatever. You bought yours before hand so you want it started earlier. I wanted to buy mine later so I wanted it stretched out. All personal preference. |>->I know tough Sh*t, right ? (I understand the reasoning it's just a tough |>->attitude to have towards your customers.) |>What are you asking for? That the promo be extended forever? No I just said the TOUGH SH*T attitude is tough attitude to have towards your customers. Did I say anything about the promo being extended forever ? Hmmm, I must have missed that. |>->This only tells me that maybe I should wait on buying in case another |>->promotion comes around or some other brand has a good deal... |>Another brand? There is no other brand... and you call yourself loyal... Sounds like to me you are bitter (i.e. kicking yourself in the butt) for buying too soon. Sounds like to me if you had been a little more patient, you would have had been able to take advantage of the offer too. I'm sorry but not everyone spends all their time waiting hand and foot for HP to get a new product out. So some of us (at least me) probably didn't have any idea that a 48SX existed. Like I said before, I didn't find out about comp.sys.handhelds until I started looking for a new HP. I like the HP48 but I can tell you now that I will never use it nearly as much as you do. But I would have used the equation card... In others words, I like the HP48, but I don't "sleep" with it so obviously I want the best deal possible. It took me time to find out with calculator had the things I needed and whether or not I need to pay the extra $$ for the HP48 over the 28. If you are familiar with a new products, I would hope that even you'd research before rushing out and buying it. Next, there is a difference between loyal and blind stupidity. I think I'm loyal simply in the fact that I didn't even consider another calculator initially. I'll stay loyal until I feel like I missed something. And I do feel like I've missed something - I think you do too. But looking around only keeps people/businesses honest. HP is still my number one preference but I see nothing with making sure someone isn't giving me more for my money. HP wasn't always the best - at some point loyal customers of another brand had to realize HP was offering a better product and make the switch. Lastly, (as I said before) I hold nothing against HP. I'm really pissed at the salesman who didn't know his products or bother to inform me of any "fall promotion". If he did, I'd have both my HP48 and an equation card. Peace. -- /-------------------------------------------------------\ | Kevin Minor ...uunet!motcid!minor | \-------------------------------------------------------/