---Ron Burnett violently bashed keys to produce ...

> It took the local HP office nearly two weeks (13 days to be
> exact) to effectively respond to requests for information and
> quotations.  And then the response was essentially 'You're
> not a sufficiently important customer for us to service
> directly.  You'll have to go to one of our channel partners.'

---So ends the tale!

Oh Ron,
    give them a break, they're probably quite busy flogging their 'nix
boxes to the World Cup organisation!! ;-)