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To: Petz who wrote (47143)	7/11/2001 3:49:06 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

John, re: For any of these to have employees pushing their products incognito is, IMO, a breach of consumer trust. The consumer deserves to know that these guy's primary allegiance is to their employer, not the consumer. Happens all the time, everywhere in retail. Those reps duties probably include detailing the displays and point of sale materials, and training the floor sales people. And it they can help a consumer to make a purchase decision, then certainly the retailer won't mind. Like I say, it happens all the time. As a sales manager I spent a lot (too much) time visiting retail stores all over the country, to see my displays and also to check on the competition. If their was a consumer interested in the product category, I would always help them out, as I knew more about it than anyone in the store. I would always identify myself as an emplyee of the manufacturer, and be as nice as I could be, nothing wrong with a little positive PR. Normal stuff. Only an AMD paranoid would see conspiracy or "a breach of consumer trust". I suppose the AMD reps say "I can't talk to you about computers because it would be unethical". John