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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tttm who wrote (5308)	2/9/2001 4:13:49 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Respond to of 82486

RE:I find two stock-chat boards is too many. Well, I use four and I'm sure there are more.

To: tttm who wrote (5308)	2/9/2001 4:44:22 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 82486

Rarely was a viciously loyal consumer franchise so wasted. I went to a trade show a couple of weeks back. The vendor I wanted to find (who has been in the business for YEARS)wasn't in the index. No problem, I'll check the addendum. Hmm. Not there either. I went to the show people and said, "I know Oriel Instruments is here, but I can't find them." "Did you look them up in the index?" "Yes. And the addendum." "Well that's odd. I know they are here." They look themselves thinking I'm an idiot. "Well, they don't seem to be here." "Yeah, I know!" Finally another person says, "Oh yeah, they are under Thermo Oriel." Here is a company that had a brand name, was bought by Thermo Electron (ever heard of them -- a big conglomerate) and Thermo decided that they wanted the Thermo name emblazened everywhere. But guess what? They forgot about the customers and that this little company had spent YEARS developing a brand name. Sheer incompetence.