From: pallison49@gmail.com   
      
   Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic wrote:   
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   >   
   > > ** True story:   
   > >   
   > > A manufacturer here in Sydney ( Jands Electronics) made a "pre-production"   
   batch of a new model power amplifier for professional use.   
   > > They wisely chose to road test it in the expected environment - on the   
   road with live bands.   
   > > They proved to be problematic in several respects and the design was   
   heavily revised for the production version.   
   > > The sample amps were fully labelled with the maker's logo and the same   
   model number as the later versions.   
   >   
   > Well that was pretty stupid of them.   
      
   **  Not at all  -  if problems were small or fixable the amps would have been   
   used in the same company's hire business.   
        Needed to look right for that job.   
      
      
   > > Think there were about 20 of them, put into storage for eventual disposal.   
   > >   
   > > Then an enterprising staff member obtained them and decided he could sell   
   them all to a local second hand dealer   
   > - letting him believe they were just like the regular models on sale at the   
   time - but for a very low price so giving him a large mark up.   
   >   
   > So he lied.   
      
   ** No. He deceived a gullible fool and sold items that wound up hurting the   
   company he worked for.   
      
   > But my question was about selling them as engineering samples.   
      
   **  The situations are parallel.   
      
     In both cases the items were not meant for sale for good reasons.   
     And assholes like YOU wanted to circumvent that decision for their own   
   benefit.   
      
      
   ......   Phil   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)