Amiga Inc note to dealers

[AF]

If it has been sent to the press then it is inevitable that the details would be posted.  It doesn't do Amiga Inc any harm, the rather neglected group of Amiga dealers should now be aware that hardware could be coming from Amiga Inc (or their partners).  Clearly, dealers not on their mailing list should contact Amiga Inc.

AF

[ironfist]

Fransexy:
It's never illegal to post anything like this unless you are
forced to keep your mouth shut due to law. In other words;
doctors, shrinks, priests, etc..

If you sign an NDA with some company it's not illegal to
break it. It's just a violation of contract and if it would
ever go to court it's just a civil case.

Somehow, I doubt Wayne has signed an NDA with Amiga Inc..

[XDelusion]

That last paragraph sound like the words of a true, greedy, megalomaniac.

Anyhow...

...Monday, they say, this summer they say?

 Exciting! Lets see if it happens, and if it's worth is, and if it's really only $500.

[Lemmink]

Either they want to find out how many A1200 are still out there to see if it is worthwhile to produce a Powervixxen addon (assuming that they realy plan to do anything) or the friendly tax officer came over for tee and wanted to have a look at the books.

But wait, after all this selling of the campany and changing names they claim to have nothing to do with the "old" Amiga Inc. So why do they care about sales of this "totally different" company they have nothing to do with......

[JoannaK]

IMHO this smells quite a fishy... And it's not even a fresh one.

And yeah.. one specific comment, considering the

better pricing and quality

. I do hope that *if* they ever get any more hardware done (or made with some associates) they had learned even a bit and would test the goods before selling them.

[Kronos]

@Lemmink

... and in this case it would actually be a different company  (GateWay-Amiga that is).

[AJCopland]

Woohoo!! Come on Monday! I guess that'll be 8 hours behind us Brits so if anything gets announced it'll be late in the day for us but whats a few more hours waiting to find something out? :-D

Not gonna comment on whether or not it happens of course :crazy:

Andy

[bloodline]

1000 units per order... So one order should just about cover the market then...

Hmmm... if the 100%, 100% mark up applies here (as it does in most other markets). The dealers will be expected to pay at least half the MSP (RRP...)... so each dealer is going to have to pay $250000? I just don't see that happening...

[cgutjahr]

@Plaz:

Krashan's assesment seems very insightful.

Here's another theory:

They recently (re)registered the Amiga Trademarks in various places, using an old Commodore modem (!) to prove that they're actually distributing products using the "Amiga" marks.

Perhaps somebody is questioning that they're entitled to own these trademarks.

[Ferry]

Quality or no quality, my A1XE is now over 4 years old, running 24/7 and still running. ;-)

Mine is over 3 years now, and, as yours, running 24/7 without a glitch.

Saluditos,

Ferrán.

[Vincent]

Isn't this 27 days too late? :-P

[number6]

@CodeSmith

Ah, found it. It was in Amiwest 2002, the transcript is here (post #65) http://www.ann.lu/comments2.cgi?view=1061210784&category=forum&start=51
"We have a situation creating an Amiga museum, with a lot of hardware that was ours that we owned that was in Germany. We went to go get it. The warehouse was empty. Pallets and pallets of our product had been stolen. Now, we know who has it, we're not gonna... that's... we're not here to point fingers or names or let people know, we even know where it is."

Follow up in the comments in Bill's personal notes following the 25 answers on amiga.org on 2006/9/13 19:18:45:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46682

Amiga set forth in 2000 with plans of forever changing computing and the landscape by creating a series of products that would guide us through the launch and creation of a new operating system that we could all be proud of. A portion of the Amiga operational budget came from the sale of the existing Amiga hardware and operations and we expected those revenues to help us stretch the initial funding so that we had time to properly get to the second round of funding for Amiga which was always planned. Think of my surprise when I learned that all of our inventory was sold for $75,000.00 to a company in India, when we were generating more than that on a monthly basis. This created a big operational hole for the company and caused us great harm in our ability to move forward. This hardware was not even put up for bid or auction, and nobody was consulted in the process.

#6

[GGS]

Hi number6,

Think of my surprise when I learned that all of our inventory was sold for $75,000.00 to a company in India, when we were generating more than that on a monthly basis. This created a big operational hole for the company and caused us great harm in our ability to move forward.

Sorry for me asking, but can You perhaps explain the quoted content in a little easier to understand wording ? I don't think my english is good enough to fully understand.

[Kaminari]

At last! Couldn't wait any longer for the new season of Amiga Lost. Gonna be an exciting one!

[number6]

@GGS

Hi.

Sorry for me asking, but can You perhaps explain the quoted content in a little easier to understand wording ? I don't think my english is good enough to fully understand.

I can not. It is Bill's quote and only he can explain it further.
I only included it to show the tie to what @CodeSmith was talking about in his link.

#6

[redfox]

:shrug:
For now, I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the show.
:popcorn:

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