Well, here's my 2 cents worth,

If decisions on equipment purchases etc are not your decision then
you should not be getting steamed up about vendors contacting you,
you should just politely tell them that if necessary they should
contact your supervisor.
I feel that people using the histonet as a market survey tool is just
peachy - at least they know what competition is out there and whether
their sales  tactic and product is suitably market oriented. I have
often suggested to vendors other possible targets for
their product - people that i know are looking for a particular item
or have an interest in a particualr field - I do not consider this
inappropriate - I hope that other s will do the same for me.

Life is too short to get agitated on such issues

Louise taylor





On 14 Oct 98 at 20:57, Mark & Carrie Byrne wrote:





> hi all,
> i'd like to get others opinions about the current debate about this.
> here's my feeling:
> i've no problem at all with sales and tech reps giving info or advice on the
> topics that come up, just like any other histonet subscriber (hey....i
> spelled it right!!  there's hope for me yet :-)).  however, i'd rather that
> the line be drawn at that.  personally, i do not welcome sales pitches from
> out of the blue.  especially since purchasing decisions are the
> supervisor's, not mine.
>






> ok, end of diatribe from me.
>
> carrie kyle-byrne
> eire@teleport.com
>
>
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