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Re: Anodyne/Skylon/Exult-?

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From: Scott Smay
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:38
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Howard Black (cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu) wrote:
: In article <1992Nov21.232040.29400@dickens.com> lpc@dickens.com (Luis P Caamano) writes:
: >In article <By1Es5.yL@news.cso.uiuc.edu> hpzg0650@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Hale P Zengingonul) writes:
: >>Asics is pulling out its 'Gel' series from mail order companies as 
: >>Nike did with its 'Air' line.
: >>
: >
: >Why?  I was wondering why I didn't see any Nikes in those mail order
: >catalogs, and now no Asics either?  
: 
:     For Asics (and I assume for Nike as well) the company line is that
: their high-tech shoes require the personal services of a knowledgable
: salesperson to make sure you get the exact right shoe for you.

Even if true, the advice I've had over the phone from Rad Runner etal is
much more knowledgable than I get from the high school football players
who work in the shoe stores that carry these high tech shoes.

Asics? What are those? They're not in the Road Runner catalog, so they must
not be too good.

scott
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Subject: Re: Anodyne/Skylon/Exult-?
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