Author: Rafael Vasquez
Date: 04:17:00 06/02/99
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On June 01, 1999 at 11:59:51, Steven Schwartz wrote: Steve, are you saying you don't have it yet? Rafael >On June 01, 1999 at 11:17:14, Pierre Bourget wrote: > >> >>Chessbase site said that Hiarcs 7.32 start shipping may 27 ,here we have some >>games dated may 29 from Maracaibo (Venezuela). How can someone who live in >>Venezuela get Hiarcs 7.32 only two days after shipping date ? Even a big >>compagny like Gambitsoft ,who is in the same country (Germany) as Chessbase, >>don't have it by may 29.Is this a world record for air mail delivery between two >>continents? Here perhaps some people could explain to me and others how >>distribution of chess program works. > > >Even though it seems like magic, it isn't. > >Chessbase is the company that distributes to dealers. >Unfortunately for dealers, they are a company that >also sells directly to the end user. > >So, if you purchased the program from Chessbase in Germany directly, >they shipped to you, perhaps, before they shipped to their dealers, >perhaps even before the introductory date that they made public. > >We, as a U.S. Chessbase dealer have to wait for the product to >arrive from Germany. Gambitsoft, in this instance, has a time advantage >over us because they are not physically far from Chessbase. > >Sometimes the advantage is on our side when product is manufactured >here in the States. > >No magic, just geography! >- Steve (ICD/Your Move)
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