On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 01:34 am, Collins Richey wrote: > > Incidentally, is there a prejudice against countries in the Pacific ? > > I find that any support calls made to USA for tech support is met with > > > > excuses, while calls made from, say, Atlanta, are almost immediately > > responded to. > > There is also the related prejudice against things un-American. M$ is > an American company and must be protected against the invasion of > foreigners, especially the "Asian hordes". Not that I believe any of > this crap, but it's a common sentiment of my fellow Americans.
I had to make a phone call to a small US company about 6-10 months ago and when I told them I was in Austraila they expressed suprise that I spoke english so well. I thought that isolationism was defunct, but it does seem alive and well over there. I also have been ignored totally after having a delivery problem with a company (very recently) who short changed me on a delivery, now they ignore my emails: guess I am too far away to be a bother. They also seem to have changed their webpage and payment company. Apart from amazon.com I am very wary now. -- Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'SKIPPY' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061, Australia:: PH:61733002161 Practising Geriatric, Retired Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
