Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 04:22:25 06/02/99
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We and plenty of our customers are patiently (or, not so patiently) awaiting our shipment. - Steve (ICD/Your Move) >On June 02, 1999 at 07:17:00, Rafael Vasquez 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. >>On June 01, 1999 at 11:59:51, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>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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