[pure-silver] Re: Freestyle EDU Film To Be Discontinued
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:38:44 -0800
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Wingo" <akw@xxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 1:02 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Freestyle EDU Film To Be
Discontinued
>> I was at Freestyle yesterday and was told that EDU
>> film,
>>which is Forte in disguise, was to be discontinued in all
>>sizes. Bad news. It probably means that Forte will also be
>>gone.
>
> According to the folks at J and C, posting on APUG on
> 1/24/05
> (see
> http://www.apug.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11864&page=2&pp=10)
>
> Forte is "in production and under receivership at this
> time".
>
> They go on to suggest that Forte's continued survival
> depends on
> their coming up with a more realistic pricing structure
> (apparently
> they've been selling at or below cost).
>
> Here's hoping.
> --
>
> -tony
>
> San Leandro, CA
>
> http://www.shapesandshadows.com
>
A look at the Freestyle on-line catalogue tends to
confirm this. Freestyle sells Forte film under its own name
and as Freestyle EDU. The EDU prices are substantially lower
than the Forte prices. The saving on packaging and
advertising can't be that much.
---
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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