Official EGO shutdown notice

[tward@interaccess.com (Tony Ward)]

The following is a verbatim copy of the EGO shutdown notice Diz posted on
Genie on May 5, 1997. Please send your replies to diz@genie.com or here in
csa2, not to me. Thanks.
 
[snip]
 
EGO Systems  Mail Order Operation Closes Down on Friday, June 27th 1997
 
 Well folks, it's been fun, but I'm afraid that it's time for me to pull the
 plug on EGO Systems  Mail Order operation.
 
 There are two reasons for this:
 
 1)  Money.  Specifically, a lack of it.  The Apple II mail order business
 is about as  dead  as it can get.
 
 2)  Time.  Given that there was little or no money coming in from the mail
 order operation, I had to take part-time employment as a consultant.  I've
 been far more successful at this than I had anticipated, and it's left me
 very little time for anything else.  I've also been doing some freelance
 writing (which has resulted in even more consulting), so I just don't have
 the time to continue to run the mail order business.
 
 So, here's the plan:
 
 o - Friday, June 27th 1997 will be the last day that EGO Systems takes
 orders for any of the products listed in our last catalog.  (Assuming that
 we have anything left.)
 
 o - The EGO Systems web site (http://www.hypermall.com/ego/index.html) will
 be updated as often as possible to reflect which items are still in stock
 and which items are sold out.
 
 o - EGO Systems will no longer accept purchase orders or invoices.
 
 o - I am almost never in my office any more (due to my consulting work). 
 Because of this I strongly encourage everyone to mail, Fax or e-mail any
 orders.  You can also call and leave a message.  I WILL call you back
 (assuming you leave a daytime phone number), but it will be either on
 Saturday or after 6 PM Eastern Time.
 
 o - From this point on, items will be sold on a first-come, first-served
 basis--when I sell out of an item, that's it, it's gone for good.  I'm down
 to my last 10 or so copies of most items, so if you want something, be sure
 to place your order now to make sure you get your copy.  (If you want to
 pay by check and want to make sure we don t sell out of something, CALL AND
 LEAVE ME A MESSAGE and I ll hold a you a copy for ONE WEEK.)  If you order
 by mail, be sure to include an e-mail address so that I can notify you if
 an item is sold out.  (If we are out of stock on an item, I'll fill as much
 of your order as I can and issue you a refund check.)
 
 Of course, there are a few items that I'm overstocked on.  So, I'm lowering
 the prices on the following items in order to move them out as quickly as
 possible (all other prices remain the same due to the low quantities I have
 in stock):
 
      HardPressed - $25
      Pointless - $25
      TypeSet - $15
      TypeWest - $15
 
 The following items are already out of stock and will NOT be reordered (as
 items sell out, I'll post announcements on the EGO Systems web site):
 
    Animasia 3D
    TimeOut AboutTime Module
    ZipGS accelerator
 
 Any backorders for these items are hereby CANCELED.  If you want to get any
 of these, you'll need to contact the publisher directly.
 
 And, while I hate to do this, I'm also pulling the plug on the KansasFest
 96 video.  (We actually got about halfway finished with it when my
 consulting business took off.)  Unfortunately, we never got more than 10
 orders for the video, so there was very little impetus to actually finish
 the video.
 
 So, what will become of the EGO Systems product line (Balloon, AutoArk,
 etc.)?  Well, I hope to sell the rights to most or all of these titles to
 new publishers.  If you are interested in acquiring the rights to one or
 more of these products, contact me as soon as possible.  I am also looking
 for someone to take over the distribution of all of the GS+ Magazine back
 issues I have left.   However, I am NOT releasing ANYTHING into the public
 domain (or as shareware)!  So if anyone tells you otherwise, they are
 either lying or misinformed..
 
 Well, that about all I've got to say, except  Thanks!   Because so many of
 you were willing to actually put your money where your mouth was, I was
 able to stay in the Apple II business for over 7 years!  Not too bad, not
 too bad at all...
 
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