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> From: Philippe PRUDANT <PRUDANT@servier.fr>
> To: Lee Johnson <lee_johnson@sympatico.ca>
> Cc: ogo@lifelike.com
> Subject: Re: Pocket Quicken order frustration
> Date: Thursday, October 10, 1996 11:56 PM
>
> Lee Johnson wrote:
> >
> > I've had my OmniGo 100 for a couple of months now, and I realized that
I'd
> > better get around to ordering my copy of Pocket Quicken, since the
offer
> > expires October 31, 1996, according to the insert in my OmniGo package.
> >
> > Has anybody else from Canada TRIED to order this thing? I called the
> > international number, and thought I was well on my way--until the
fellow
> > taking my order asked for my Zip code, and I told him that I was a
Canadian.
> > "We're not set up to take Canadian orders," he says, and gives me the
800
> > number of Intuit Canada.
> >
> > "Great," I thought, "we're getting somewhere." Wrong. I call Intuit
Canada
> > and are informed that they "don't handle Pocket Quicken". They give me
> > *another* 800 number to call, which turns out to be some Newton support
line
> > at Apple--and you can imagine how helpful *they* were when I called
them.
> >
> > Argh! ARGH! AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!
> >
> > ... OK, I feel better now. Sort of. :-/
> >
> > How in the blue blazes do I lay my hands on this elusive product? How
do I
> > get to talk to somebody who actually knows something about this
bundling
> > offer? The only person who had any clue about what I wanted was the
support
> > guy in the U.S.--and he wouldn't sell it to me. Help!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lee Johnson (lee_johnson@sympatico.ca)
>
>
> The same thing happens to me. I am french and it's absolutly impossible
> to buy Pocket Quicken from my country.
>
> Argh !!!!
>
> Phil