Re: Trade in modems and PMs

Robert Boyle (robert@garden.net)
Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:15:14 -0400

At 12:50 PM 07/31/97 -0500, Brian Elfert wrote:
>On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Jake Messinger wrote:
>
>> BTW, what do you think Livingston is going to do with all those NON
>> livingston term servers and modems they get in the pm 3 trade-up deal?
>
>The Portmasters will probably be used for warranty replacements after they
>are refurbished.
>
>I'll bet the modems will be sold to one of those surplus electronics
>places for a few $ each, ar maybe Livingston will just destroy the modems.
>
>(I once bought a expensive bicycle in a special promotion where I get
>several hundred dollars off for trading in an old bicycle. The bike shop
>just told me to keep the old bike, as they didn't sell used bikes, and it
>was worthless to them. I got $100 out of the old bike.)

When I bought my Cannondale, the bike shop also offered a $100 discount for
an old bicycle. They send the bicycles to people in third world countries
where they are given to people as a cleaner, less expensive, and more
environmentally friendly method of transportation. It is interesting to
think about a group of people in Nicaragua receiving a crate full of PM2e
boxes and modems. The problem is that there are usually only a few phones
per small village and the community often shares a single 286 computer with
a 2400bps modem for email. Livingston, what are you going to do with these
PM2x's? :)

-Robert

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