Mark,
For what its worth: We are the only HP 3000 VAR in South Africa, but we were
told the customer decides where he buys from.
Regards
Fred

Fred Metcalf
Neil Harvey & Associates (Pty) Ltd.
HP 3000 Select Solution Reseller
PO Box 24, Newlands, 7725, South Africa
Boundary Terraces, 1 Mariendahl Lane, Newlands, Cape Town
Phone:  +27-21-670-9200            Fax:  +27-21-670-9300

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Wilkinson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Just took a look at this. On the MPE downside of things, the age-old problem
of
simply trying to buy something from HP raises it's head again.

Is it still true that you can't buy an HP3000 direct from HP in the UK any
more
and that you have to go through VARs (like Riva for example), adding an
extra
layer of beaurocracy to the proceedings?

Mark W.
SPE.