Derek W. Keoughan wrote:
> --- In os2hardware{at}yahoogroups.com, Ed Durrant  wrote:
> [snip]
> 
>> Hi Derek,
>>
>>    If they are willing to spend a little time testing - why not point 
>> them to the eCS Demo CD, http://www.ecomstation.com/democd/  ask
> them to 
>> download and burn it (or you could do this for them and post them the 
>> CD) and ask them to try booting each model they have to see if any of 
>> them work - this might at least narrow down the field a little ?
> 
> Unless I wanna pull a rabbit out of a hat and give them a wild-ass
> guesstimate of the number of systems I'm going to sell, they're not
> going to "donate" the manpower.  That's the short answer.
> 
> I've asked a couple, including the "whitebox" division of my largest
> supplier, and their first questions always include "how many do you
> expect to sell?" or "what size is the market for
this?".  They want
> ROI projections to come tumbling out, and I've got no way to determine
> a number of projected sales.
> 
> 
> Sorry for the delay in replying, Ed.  YahooGroups! has borked out YET
> AGAIN on my eMail address - it does so at least once a week - and any
> messages that get posted to a group while my eMail address is
> "bouncing" do not get sent once delivery resumes - apparently, a
> bookmark is too much to ask of Yahoo - they've never replied to my
> eMails for tech support on this.
> 
> All I get as an explanation for this is:
> 
> Last Bounced Message
> Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 H:DAD Connection refused due to abuse
> [MAIL_FROM]
> 
> and of course, a Google search for any phrase in the above that I
> tried came up empty.
> 
> Might as well be talking to a wall.
> 
> -Derek
> 
>
Ok on both points Derek - I guess these are pure wholesalers that you 
are dealing with and the "what's in it for me" attitude is normal - you 
can understand it as they have such a small profit margin these days, 
They don't want to invest any time that they can't get a return from - 
then again as there are so many of them out there competing, they could 
take the attitude that picking up a new albeit niche market segment is 
woth a couple of hours testing.

On Yahoogroups - I haven't had rejected messages but over the last 
couple of weeks, my replies have often taken a day or more to appear on 
some groups where they used to appear instantly previously.

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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