From: yjc@po.cwru.edu (Jerome Chan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Marathon: Missing box? Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 23:14:25 -0500 Organization: TofuSoft Lines: 4 Message-ID: <yjc-2412942314250001@yjc-ra.s-remote.cwru.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: yjc-ra.s-remote.cwru.edu X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b22.0+ Maybe they ran out? --- The Evil Tofu (Why be human?) From: mazin@interaccess.com (Mazin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Marathon: Missing box? Date: 25 Dec 1994 06:01:37 GMT Organization: InterAccess Lines: 16 Message-ID: <mazin-2512940002270001@nb-dyna69.interaccess.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nb-dyna69.interaccess.com X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b22.0+ In article <yjc-2412942314250001@yjc-ra.s-remote.cwru.edu>, yjc@po.cwru.edu (Jerome Chan) wrote: > Maybe they ran out? > > --- > The Evil Tofu (Why be human?) The game came with a letter that reads: "...We knew the importance of sending Marathon off to you in time for the Holiday season. However, the manufacturer could not deliver the product to us in time, in its usual packaging. Therefore, we are sending you the complete Marathon package (diskettes and manual) without the box. We feel that having Marathon in your hand in time for the Holidays will make this trade-off worthwile." From: tuncer@mcs.com (Tuncer Deniz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Marathon: Missing box? Date: Sun, 25 Dec 1994 01:07:18 -0600 Organization: MCSNet Services Lines: 19 Message-ID: <tuncer-2512940107180001@tuncer.pr.mcs.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tuncer.pr.mcs.net In article <yjc-2412942314250001@yjc-ra.s-remote.cwru.edu>, yjc@po.cwru.edu (Jerome Chan) wrote: > Maybe they ran out? My guess is that they shipped all the mail order orders without boxes (figuring they could ship many more copies to the mail order houses without the box) and all other retail store orders with boxes. I guess this was done so many of the back orders could be filled before Christmas. What's a shame is that orders from MacWorld Expo were shipped UPS ground. Not good. Tuncer -- Opinions expressed here (if any) are my opinions and not that of IMG. |