STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Thu Feb 14 13:50:15 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin_at_xenosoft.com]

> Response to request for specs on a product: "It's really good."

A former Apple employee? :)

> Answer to "what is the angle of directionality?" of a directional
> microphone (Sony MC-100): "That means that it only picks up
> what you aim
> it at."

It's probably ok that they didn't know, but it's inexcusable for
them to be so terribly stupid.

It reminds me of an episode at Worst Buy here in town -- something
like this:

Him: What kind of TV are you looking for?

Me: Something smaller than 20". Otherwise it doesn't matter as
long as it has composite video in.

Him: Component video is still pretty expensive...

Me: (wondering why he's telling me this) _Composite_ video.

Him: You probably can't get it on a television that small, either.

Me: Um... that's fine, I just want normal composite in -- like this
(pointing to composite input on a tv)

Him: That's not component video in...

> They suck so much that I'd rather go to FRY'S!

No fry's around here. Most people are stuck with Staples -- on
the other hand, there are a couple of local shops that are ok for
most things.

Chris



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