#Ami buyer scared off!!
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Dave,
I need to ask you this–where were the sales people? If you come into my
store and want to see the A4000–I demo it. I have demo's loaded and a
regular presentation that is designed to knock-the-socks off of anyone who
dare enter! My favorite people to demo too are the people who have dealt
with PCs on a regular basis, and I like it even better when they
understand something about the PC.
After I demo the system, I then let you 'play' with it until you are tired
of it without me hovering. However, once you leave the system I work to
close the sale. The transfer of excitement is the key to selling an
Amiga. I fault your dealership for not taking an active role in the
sale.
On the other hand, I constantly battle the demo machine because customers
think it is fun to re-arrange, delete and destroy Workbench settings.
Perhaps that A4000 had been hosed by a prior Amiga wannabe?
One can never tell. Your friend needs to be educated about how video and
the Amiga works. After the education I usually give, they are *happy*
that the 800×600 mode flickers.
It is all in how it is done. 😉
-mark=
Mark,
>>they are happy that the 800×600 mode flickers
Why? You can't send 800×600 out to video…. Wrong scan rate. I can't see
any advantage to it flickering…
Denny,
I was kidding… I do a good presentation. 🙂
-mark=
Mark: There were at least 4 sales people that I know of. One was busy with
the woman who was picking up her A1200. The others were milling about. Did
they come over and help us run the 4000? No. Did they offer to demonstrate
what it could do? No. Did they explain why the 800×600 mode flickers? No.
I was left to answer all his questions, and figure out how they had set up
the machine. The experience left a bad taste in BOTH our mouths. I won't
be heading up there to that dealer again. We got much better, and more
personalized service, from a VERY small dealer just 20 miles away or less.
Sure, this guy had all the biggest software in that 4000… pity they
wouldn't run, or were outdated or had only lo-res demo files to look at.
The "small" guy nearby actually took an A1200 out of the box for us to
'play' with, even indulging us to load AIBB and do some benchmarking. If
it were my choice, I'd buy from him anyday.
As for his dissatisfaction with the 800×600 mode, he doesn't want it to
flicker; he considers the Amiga inferior to SVGA cards because of this. I
have tried to explain to him the concept of *WHY* flicker exists (I am a
video engineer), but he doesn't see its usefulness in that particular mode
on the Amiga. He says that the A1200 should be able to produce a
'standard" SVGA display of 1024×800 (or something like that) with NO
flicker, just like the PCs in PC Warehouse. He says there is no excuse for
trading higher resolution for flicker. The thing is, he's right… there
should be no reason why the machine CAN'T do it… it's just that C=
didn't provide a mode like that. For someone who does a lot of CAD work,
he expects a hi res screen without flicker.
I STILL think he'll buy an Amiga…. I hope he'll be a bit more
enthusiasic about it, though.
— Dave