Re: Bad News for UK PBM players

From: echack@crl.com (Edmund C. Hack)

Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <4e8drl$1tj@crl2.crl.com>, Bob Thomson <llucky@crl.com> wrote:
>Phil Shulkind said re the possible UK postal strike
>
>>>Jeez, I really hope that doesn't happen! Imagine how much fear it
>>>strikes into the heart of a full time PBM business like ours! I don't
>>>know how long we could survive if there was a strike, maybe no more
>>>than a couple of weeks I fear!!!
>
>And Greg Lindahl felt he had to jump in with :
>
>>One word: Undercapitalized.
>>
>>I prefer sticking with companies with good business sense, as much as
>>one can tell that from afar.
>>
>>-- greg
>
>Greg, Phildee is one of the most respected and well-liked pbm companies
>in the UK.

That is the word that has filtered over from the UK to the US.

>Not everyone has enormous cash reserves in case of emergency.

Few small business do. Most small businesses in the US are
undercapitalized, since loans for them are _extremely_ hard to get. I'd
suggest that a national postal strike in the US would kill all the
PBM-only companies in the US (exceptions would be the email-only
companies, part-timers with real jobs, and companies such as ABM who have
extensive outside income.)

>What possessed you to make such an obnoxious comment?

Greg has, IMHO, a bias against PBM games with fees. That is his right,
and there certainly are good games available for free on the Internet,
but his bias is there.

Me, I'm biased towards _good games_.

--
Edmund Hack  \  "But maybe he's only a little crazy -
echack@crl.com \  like painters - or composers - or some of those
Houston, TX      \  men in Washington." - _Miracle on 34th St._, 1947

References

Re: Bad News for UK PBM players
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 22 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bad News for UK PBM players
llucky@crl.com (Bob Thomson)
Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Bad News for UK PBM players
kebl0110@sable.ox.ac.uk (Chris Dickson)
Mon, 15 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bad News for UK PBM players
Phil Shulkind <chelsea@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Bad News for UK PBM players
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 22 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bad News for UK PBM players
llucky@crl.com (Bob Thomson)
Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Bad News for UK PBM players
kebl0110@sable.ox.ac.uk (Chris Dickson)
Mon, 15 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bad News for UK PBM players
Phil Shulkind <chelsea@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000