A89: Re: Archive on HW 1.00/2.00
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A89: Re: Archive on HW 1.00/2.00
Scott, did you read my post I sent earlier today? Was I correct in
everything listed there?
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Noveck" <noveck@pluto.njcc.com>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 3:38 PM
Subject: A89: Archive on HW 1.00/2.00
>
> Now, getting back on topic - let's see the list get a little productive. .
.
>
> Opinions are going to differ on whether or not TI cheated us. I accused
> them of doing just that in one of my emails to Paul Fischer, and he had a
> good point - in TI's opinion, none of us with HW 1.00 were cheated.
>
> Instead, TI gave HW 2.00 buyers a "free upgrade" of sorts -- were TI
really
> out to cheat us, new 89s would not sell for the same price with a more
> expensive 12 MHz processor. Paul compared it to car dealerships -- all
they
> do is stick on a new number for the model year, and they can change the
car
> all they want. And they don't tell you everything that has changed.
>
> The ONLY reason TI is getting flamed like this from us is because of one
> poor marketting decision - whether a calc is HW1 or HW2 is not distinctly
> obvious at first glace. If "HW2" was written on the calc and noted in big
> print on the box. If they called it the 89+ or the 89-2, we would not
> complain. It's all psychological -- humans, as a whole, tend to look at
how
> they were cheated rather than how they were pompered.
>
> Regardless, the issue could go either way. There's simply no point in
> complaining -- what's done is done/ Realize that what you say will have
no
> impact on TI whatsoever - the problem is corporate marketting, which will
> not change its ways for any reason other than greed. If you're going to
> complain, do it amongst yourselves so that those of us who understand its
> futility don't have to look at it (yes, I get the digest version of the
list
> and have to scroll past it to read other messages - not just delete it =)
>
> -Scott
>
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