RE: Y2K Customer nuts?

There's already been some pretty interesting posts to your message, but
here's my $ .02 (aka, some more consequences)..

        *       Checks (payroll, ap, etc.) will have the wrong date.
        *       If this company has borrowed one thin dime from any
commercial lender, the lender WILL declare that loan in default, pursuant to
loan covenant amendments being sent out by any lender with a room
temperature IQ.
        *       Customers in the retail stores will become suspicious and
concerned when their sales receipts have those bogus dates on them.
        *       Someone else mentioned interaction with govt, vendors,
customers, regulators, etc... but think about the full impact of these...
customers that call about invoices will have wrong dates (do you have some
type of purge function when return window ends); your a/p people will go
nuts because vendors will be bugging them; etc.,etc.,etc.
        *       ... and last, but certainly not least, with the way this
issue has become such a focal point to the public, everyone effected by the
above matters will think the company management is pulling something....
guaranteed this will equate to lots of LOST BUSINESS!!!

By the way, I forwarded your posting to the team here at my company
responsible for y2k compliance.  Thanks from all of them for the biggest
laugh they've had in ages.  One comment was, "Gee, this is the ultimate in
denial!!!"

Jack

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> From:         Art Tostaine, Jr.[SMTP:art@link400.com]
> Sent:         Wednesday, December 02, 1998 9:44 AM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Y2K Customer nuts?
> 
> I have a customer who has just told me that they cannot afford the $500K
> it
> will take to upgrade all of their software/hardware (AS/400, PC's, Retail
> store Cash registers, store controllers, etc.).
> 
> They want to know if they can just set the date back on their /400.  The
> controller knows of people who are going to do this.  They want me to test
> this on another 400.
> 
> I can do this, just wondering if anyone has any serious reason why you
> can't
> do this?
> 
> I know things like reports will show wrong dates, etc.  But they don't
> seem
> to bother the customer.  I think they are crazy.  What do you think?
> 
> Art Tostaine, Jr.
> CCA, Inc.
> Parlin, NJ  08859
> 
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