From: Hytec@cup.portal.com (Brandon Lee Worrell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: More AmigaWorld Lies
Date: Mon,  7 Sep 92 13:51:55 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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>I doubt you could trick (800)BE-AMIGA (the order line for Go Amigo!, one of  
>the big Amiga mail-order houses) into listing all of the dealers in the US,  
>but I bet they could list TWO.                                               
                                                                              
>Y'see, for some strange reason unbeknownst to me, Go Amigo is actually the   
>SAME company as **THE** big Amiga mail-order palace, Creative Computers. In  
>case nobody has noticed (must be interlace-blinded.. 8)  ), Go Amigo and     
>Creative share the same ads, pictures, prices, and **THE SAME CUSTOMER       
>SERVICE LINE** Sometimes, when I call, I swear it's the same guy answering   
>both lines. So, my question is, WHY?                                         
                                                                              
>Let's take a vote... I don't care how you format it, I don't care IF you     
>answer it, but if you have an intelligent and/or humorous explanation for    
>this (which does not, necessarily, have to be true...), post it up!  9)      
                                                                              
>I like to confuse the answer-guy. I call Creative, ask for a price, hang up, 
>call Go Amigo, get the SAME price (it's ALWAYS the same price...), hang up,  
>call Creative, and place my order. Ahh, comparison-shopping hell!            
                                                                              
>I am...                                                                      
>   -Frank Dana, known (718)-(212)-(516) over as Amiuser/Doc Ami!

There is another thing that Creative Computers/Go Amigo does that I believe 
is very unscrupulous.  The corporation that owns Creative Computers/Go Amigo
also owns a distributor called "Micro P Technologies".  Haven't heard of    
them??  That is because they basically only "distribute" to Creative/Go     
Amigo.  They buy at distributor prices and sell at mail order prices.  What 
would happen if American Software & Hardware or Micro-Pace started selling  
mail order?  It is the same thing.  I think that Micro-P employs at MOST    
two people.  I am a dealer and run a mail order company, I have tried buying
from them, but their prices are very high.  (No wonder, they only want
Creative to succeed.)  By the way, Micro-P Technologies has
THE SAME CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE as Creative & Go Amigo.     
                                                           
Brandon Worrell                                            
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