Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 16:33:17 09/17/02
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On September 17, 2002 at 18:42:11, John Merlino wrote: >On September 17, 2002 at 17:02:59, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>John Merlino, sorry for this, but let me say it is a shame that we cannot get >>CM9000 in ICD, the host of this site where me and you has room to talk, ask and >>answer about the same CM9000. >>More: if you try to purchase the stuff in ubisoft outside USA, you cannot. >>So my question is: what kind of marketing policy is that that keeps the most >>prestiged shop without the stuff and keeps rest of the world without the stuff? >>Are we compelled to purchase in this or that general store where we never >>purchase nothing because you have a deal with it? >>I think I will not purchase the bloody product. I will redirect that part of my >>budget to chessbase or Rebel. Too much URSS kind of burocracy for me in your >>company. >>My best >>Fernando > >I am very sad to hear this. However, I must say that the product is not yet >available outside North America at all. It should start shipping in Europe in a >few days (even though, yes, Amazon.UK has been allowing preorders for it for >several weeks now). > >The problems are twofold: > >1) No major dealer that UbiSoft sells CM9000 to ships to South America. I was >specifically told by a salesperson to forward anybody outside the US to Amazon. >Unfortunately, Amazon will not ship software to South America. I have not yet >heard a response/solution to this problem. >Also, I have mentioned to the powers-that-be that I receive several e-mails per >week from people in Australia, India, the Far East and Africa asking how to get I'm almost certain that Amazon ships to Australia because I know for a fact it ships stuff to New Zealand (I got a couple of books from them recently). >CM9000. Amazon does not ship to ANY of these places. Clearly, this is a problem >that must be resolved. > >2) As mentioned above, the program is not yet (physically) available outside >North America. However, it EVENTUALLY will be. The European version was held up >because they wanted to use a different registration program. Our manufacturing >timelines ALWAYS take into account North America first, then Europe. After that, >certain regions MAY start to get the product, depending on how much the regional >salespeople are interested in selling it (which hopefully accurately reflects >how much people in that region want it -- but this is not always the case). > >All I can say (or ask) is that you be patient for a few months. If, after that, >you are still unable to get the program, then contact me and I'm sure we will be >able to work something out. > >jm
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