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Old 09-24-2005, 03:28 AM
Lakie is offline Lakie

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Ebay can be legit and a great place too get a bragain, it can also be a place where you are easily conned.

I can vouch for these guys if it helps, the name dosent come from reminents from the cold war, this is taken from the site directly. www.berlinwall.com.au

The name "Berlin Wall Software Supermarket" originated over a battle between the Berlin Wall (known then as "Rob Beaumont Pty Ltd"), and a rival company, which went into external administration Here's an excerpt from an article originally published in The Advertiser newspaper that details how our name originated:

The final shots might have been fired in one of Adelaide's more bitter business battles - the "Berlin Wall" saga.

Software Supermarket, a computer trader that once erected a 1.8m-high wall across it's competitor's city shop-front, is facing collapse with debts of about $400,000.

An administrator has been appointed to stem financial wounds from a lengthy war with former neighbor Rob Beaumont Pty Ltd, now trading as Berlin Wall Software Supermarket. The battle started in 1994, when a dispute over car parking and price cuts boiled over. Software Supermarket manager Mr Brian Morgan spent $5000 to erect the 9.5m-long aluminium fence across car parks, screening the neighboring Gilles St shopfront.

Mr Beaumont retaliated with signs branding the fence the "Berlin Wall" built by the "SS".

The wall eventually was torn down in November, 1994.

Since then, the two have been locked in a price war, while a dispute over whether Mr Beaumont can use the name "Berlin Wall Software Supermarket" has reached the courts.

Software Supermarket administrator Mr Jim Martin, appointed on February 18, partly blamed the long war for the company's position.

Meanwhile, Mr Beaumont says his business is flourishing and is claiming victory. "I'm the one with a smile on my face", he said.

[Excerpt from The Advertiser, from Friday, February 27, 1998 - "Firm hits the wall in long trade war"]
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