Re: (PM) PM4 (fwd)

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Sun, 21 Jun 1998 19:49:30 -0600

This kind of crap gets me too. That company is trying to get people to buy
their products so they have more market share and have the money to develop
the features.

It's a catch-up game.. a sad one.

On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:30:55PM -0400, Brently The Admin wrote:

> If its not generally available and doesn't for sure do what it says... why
> the hell are they advertising w/ full page ads in magazines?
>
> Its ok for them to hold back on software releases until they're sure it'll
> work right, but they can't hold back on advertising a product that isn't
> available?
>
> What gives?
>
> "Hi! Welcome to <insert favorite ice cream store here>. Did you see our ad?"
>
> "Yes! I'd like the cherry ice cream cone listed in your ad, please"
>
> "Ok, but you can't have it until next month and it may not be cherry."
>
> Ok, thats the end of my rant. It just ticks me off to no end when
> companies advertise something they don't have available yet and don't give
> an indication that its "coming soon" instead of "order now!".

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