Re: See this? Help/Systems buys ASC

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff, I'd say you got a bad sales person - I worked there once, and 
that was not typical of how things were done, to my knowledge.

Vern

At 07:35 PM 10/4/2006, you wrote:

> Trevor Perry wrote:
> > Wow, what pessimism.
> >
> > Jeff, Help Systems have a wonderful reputation for their products 
> and their
> > support. I cannot think of a better vendor to buy your vendor.
> >
> > Hope you get happy soon,
> > Trevor
> >
> >
>
> The amount of material and email marketing and telemarketing and
> trinkets and toys and junk mail and posters and whatnot they sent my way
> for years was a turnoff.  They just wouldn't take no for an answer.
> Some of their phone calls were to the point of "you must not be
> understanding what we have to offer or you would buy".  One even asked
> for the name of the CEO in order to talk to him to "clarify" things.  I
> am not kidding.  Since I knew the CEO and they didn't, I let them talk
> to him.  After he was finished with them, I never got another call.
>
> I'm not interested in going through that again.  It left a really bad
> taste.  That's my Help/Systems experience.
>
> ASC on the other hand has been wonderful.  No complaints other than I
> wish SEQUEL was less expensive, I'd get it in a heartbeat.
>
> Since Help/Systems is the buy_er_ and ASC the buy_ee_, I'm 'pessimistic'
> on which culture will be supreme.
>
> --
> -Jeff
>
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