Re: Pocket Quicken order frustration
Philippe PRUDANT (PRUDANT@servier.fr)
Fri, 11 Oct 1996 08:56:29 +0200
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