High priced vendors, was Moving a Microvax II

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Wed Oct 11 03:57:51 2000

>Kind of like a particular Ford dealer here in Central Jersey, Attempted to
>sell me a Mutsang ;-) at 30% above teh going price. I'd already been to 3
>other dealers and I gave them their price. The Sales droid got mad at me!

The problem with stinking car salesdroids is that they get "points" for
things other than selling you a car. First up Salesmanagers want to see
lists of customer names and phone numbers for follow up calls. The most
annoying though is the "waste your time until the other deal goes sour".
The idea is that many people can only take so much time off work, so if
they keep you tied up with promises and paperwork until its too late to
drive to another dealer... maybe they have you over a barrel.

I haven't found anybody in the surplus or old computer biz that is "mean",
usually just flakey. ;)
Received on Wed Oct 11 2000 - 03:57:51 BST