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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail 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 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 86 Message-ID: <4ua2c4$d5@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4toc28$5rs@bullet.oh.sub.org> <320282D4.41C67EA6@eramp.net> <3202C21B.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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....