#Dear UK Dealer
The following is a purported to be a letter sent to Amiga dealers in the
UK by David Pleasance, Managing Directory of CBM UK. This letter began
reaching dealers on Aug 5th. The validity of this letter is unknown to
me. Hopefully one of our UK members has seen or been told of this letter
by their dealer and can confirm.
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Over the past few months the speculation about Commodore, and in
particular about the future of the Amiga, has been rife.
I would like to put "the record straight" so to speak, and bring you up to
date as to the latest position.
Our parent company, Commodore International Limited, and its subsidiary
Commodore Electronics Limited, are both in liquidation, under the
jurisdiction of the Bahamian Courts (C.I.L. and C.E.L. are both
registered in the Bahamas).
The liquidators, Delliotte Touche, are actively seeking to sell the assets
of both C.I.L. and C.E.L.
There are a number of bids in place for various combinations of the
assets. Colin Proudfoot and I, along with two senior executives of
Commodore International (but not Mehdi Ali) have made a bid, which if
successful, will give us the rights to manufacture, sell and market the
whole range of Commodore Products, past, present and future, on a
world-wide basis.
We have raised the necessary finance and believe we will be successful in
our bid to purchase this business. If we are successful, we will give
priority to our core business, the UK, and ensure that the loyalty that
has been shown to us will be rewarded.
Our budgets do include a significant level of advertising spoend, which we
will use to the very best effect.
The Amiga CD32, Amiga 1200, Amiga 4000 and CD 1200 will be produced and
sold during the Christmas period. It is anticipated that if all goes to
schedule, we will be delivering product around the first week of November,
possible the second week.
It is our belief that by far the majority of retailers will be out of
current stock by the end of September/early October, so there will only be
a short delay before new bundles arrive.
Rest assured, our plans include the best packs we have ever offered.
I know these are trying times for us all, but I give you my personal word
that we are doing everything in our power to ensure that not only do we
keep the Amiga family alive, but that we also lift the brand up to its
righful place at the top of the market where it belongs.
Thank you for your highly valued support, without which we would not have
a business worth fighting for.
Very best wishes
David Pleasance
Managing Director
Sales & Marketing
-sja