Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:57:21 11/12/04
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On November 12, 2004 at 12:03:07, Peter Skinner wrote:
>On November 12, 2004 at 09:15:03, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On November 12, 2004 at 09:04:23, Dom Leste wrote:
>>
>>>If u read the last sentence ;)
>>>
>>>Improved Fritz8-Engine (Bilbao Engine)
>>
>>True, I hadn't read this myself. I did notice this though:
>>
>>English language catalogue (http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=219):
>>
>>49,99 € incl. VAT
>>43,09 € without VAT (for Customers outside the European Union)
>>
>>German language catalogue (http://www.chessbase.com/shopd/):
>>
>>39,99 €
>
>I ordered my copy through EB Games as it was cheaper, and oddly I got the WM
>edition, and not the Bilbao engine. I inquired as to why that was, and I was
>told that the Bilbao engine is in German, and I specifically asked for the
>"Latest ENGLISH verion" of Fritz.
>
>I feel totally duped... why sell one product only in german and not offer it to
>the english customers, and then sell it for cheaper no less.
>
>I will be thinking long and hard about purchasing _anything_ from Chessbase
>again.
>
>Peter
You might consider talking to Chessbase. They might be sympathetic and help you
out with the engine issue.
Albert
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