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Re: Buying Ubuntu Support from Canonical not as smooth as running the Operating System!



 On 10/5/07, Martin Owens <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> Well that is to do with the way AMEX take the piss, I wouldn't mind 
> but you try doing a switch/meastro or electron/visa transaction from 
> the uk on US websites; i mean seriously banks screw us so badly and we 
> don't even flinch. Then again no one in the UK accepts AMEX so you 
> might as well throw the thing away if you go on holiday. 

I bet you are right, and I do know about AMEX being more expensive to 
accept.  However, I do think it would be wise to accept, as many US 
corporations utilize AMEX.  It is better to find this out now, while 
Ubuntu is still in bloom and getting bigger, rather than turn away a 
very large order.  My order was for merely one license. 

> > * After all this, we had to fill out the order by hand and fax the 
> > paperwork back to a UK fax number (no US number available) 
> 
> What the hell is wrong with that? are Americans allergic to the 
> international community or is it just something that you have managed 
> to breed in over the 400 years you've existed. Get over yourself, a UK 
> based company is damn well going to have a uk phone number, uk times 
> and yes even uk banking and credit clearance. 
> 
> See this is why Europeans don't like doing business in the usa, 
> customers in America whine about everything being foreign and 
> different. 


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