> 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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We're going to put wheels on them and trade them in on neato bicycles.
andy
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