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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: the BSD toy devil
Date: 7 Aug 1996 13:32:04 +0100
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Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
[.....]
: > > in a german newsgroup I read about a BSD toy devil. Can anybody
: > > confirm that the beat is available ? If yes, where can I get it ?
: > > thx
: > > berni
[.....]
: > Hint: sending out unrequested advertisements is known as bad
: >         net manners.
[.....]
: Hint: Not checking the validity of your assertions before posting is
: also generally considered bad net manners.  The "spams" you saw had
[.....]

J"org has re-aligned the offenders, what you're looking for is J"org's
original post:


: Hi everybody!
: 
: Well, now, after several struggles, delays, price ``corrections''
: etc., i'm now happy to announce you the availability of the Daemon
: Plushies.  The lovely little BSD daemon is available as a stuffed
: plushie.
: 
: As always :), it costs more than what we initially hoped.  Despite of
: keeping the sales margin for all parties fairly low (after all, we
: started the project since we were interested in the stuffed daemon,
: not to make money as the first goal), it's still fairly pricey since
: it's an all hand-made devil that comes to you.  The benefit is that
: everybody who saw him by now loved him from the first minute, and
: nobody had any doubt that this must be The BSD Daemon.
: 
: Ok, i'm only a small part of the game, the actual shipping and
: organization is in the hands of a small German company, Liebscher &
: Partner.  They've got a (very short) Web reference under
: 
: 	http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/firmen/liebscher.html
: 
: for those who are interested.  I'm sending all the info below on
: behalf of Ingo Liebscher.  He can be reached:
: 
: 	email:  LiebscherCo@t-online.de
: 	phone:	+49-3731-781 386
: 	fax:	+49-3731-781 387
: 
: He's prepared to take orders via email, but please be gentle: his
: English knowledge is not quite as well as mine. ;-)
: 
: The price, including shipping & handling, will be:
: 
: 	Germany		DEM 56,-	~ 3 weeks
: 	other Europe	DEM 63,-
: 	overseas	USD 50,-	cheapest mail, ~ 5 weeks
: 			  + USD 30,-	air mail
: 
: Please negotiate bulk orders before; in particular for overseas
: orders, they might become cheaper.
: 
: Liebscher & Partner is accepting the following credit cards:
: 
: 	- VISA Card
: 	- Diners Club
: 	- Euro Card
: 	- Master Card
: 
: In addition, Euroschecks are accepted up to DEM 400 total.  The gain
: is already fairly low, so only prepaid orders are acceptable.  (Of
: course, cash is also acceptable. :)
: 
: For credit card orders, the following must be sent to him:
: 
: 	first name,
: 	last name,
: 	card number,
: 	validity (starts / expires)
: 	country
: 
: -- 
: J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j


--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....