I took the semi honest approach and said that I'm collecting info for a
wearable computing group that is thinking of making nulk purchases. I'm
pretty sure the 'bulk' and 'group' part perked up their ears a bit.
On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, R. Paul McCarty wrote:
> Some vendors are friendly to small quantity developers. If a vendor
> gives you trouble, call back the next day and tell them you *are* from
> the sort of companiy they want to deal with, and you'd like samples for
> evaluation. Alternatively, you could suggest you are doing research for
> an academic project, maybe a thesis, and they should be sympathetic and
> sell you small quantities.
>
> Basically; lie. :)
>
> All the big companies, PC/104 vendors want to deal with, were once
> one-two person operations or hobbyists that could only buy small
> quanties. Don't feel bad about exaggerating your position to develop a
> wearable computer.
>
{Omar Jenkins class of 1998/2002|"The more you study, the more you know, }
{Blair HS Graduate & UMCP Frosh | the more you know, the more you forget, }
{<
> | the more you forget, the less you know."}
{<
> | ??So Why Study?? }
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