Only by complaining does anything get changed. If you’re prepared to allow companies to walk all over you, that’s entirely your choice.
Kind regards <--- Gordon Smith ---> <[email protected]> Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Providing Help & Support To Young People LivingWith Visual Impairment, plus Braille Transcription services. Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 Or: +44 1642 941776 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436 9443 Australasia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> Skype: <skype:mac-access-dot-net?call> ------------------------------ On 6 Dec 2013, at 21:05, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: Always complaini about somethin <smile>. On 7 Dec 2013, at 12:40 am, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jackie, Dane and all > Here here! This is one of those issues which really gets up my nose! I see > absolutely no reason why some companies and entities in the US and Canada > seem to believe that those of us who reside overseas are second class > citizens, and they refuse to make products and services available to us. > I can think of several examples of this immediately. Freedom Scientific and > GW Micro will not allow us to buy and receive products on line. We have to > waste time going through the old boy network, and buy from dealers who for > the most part also only ship products via snale-mail. > Another shining example of this in the main stream is Avid. I have tried > several times to buy ProTools on line. I can buy it, yes. But not the > download edition. I have to wait for boxed products, and pay the additional > delivery costs. > Sorry for the rant, but as I say, this is one issue which really gets me > annoyed. > Kind Regards > Gordon Smith > Information Technology Accessibility consultant > Providing Support For Young People Living With Sight Loss: Advice On > Accessible Information Technologies And Braille Transcription Services. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jackie Brown" <[email protected] > To: "'Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm!'" <[email protected] > Date sent: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:11:12 -0000 > Subject: RE: App Evaluation: Seeing Eye GPS: Three Organizations, One Stellar > Effort! 3No, it isn't available in the UK either to my knowledge. Come on > guys, > let's have it! (smile). > > > Unfortunately this App doesn't appear to be available in Australia, has > anyone on list tried this and if so what do they think? Read the evaluation > below. > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
