On 11/05/03 15:16, FRR said...
Just an oservation, as we don't have AVAD in the
great white north, but it appears to me that CEDIA
is a willing participant in this game are they
not? Otherwise, what's the x number of certified
installers requirement thing all about? Sounds
like they see this as a revenue opportunity just
as AVAD. Some creative co-marketing stuff going
on.
That's a point I was wondering why nobody was commenting on. Some of you may remember an article about Cedia in the early days. The VP was being interviewed and he made the comment that " if you go to a store and they don't have a cedia sticker on the door then turn around and leave because they aren't qualified to do the job." Considering I'd been doing this for ten years by then I was pretty annoyed and I saw CEDIA as an arogant, self serving organiztion, not a benefit to me. I've changed my tune some, but not much since then. The idea of AVAD being in such close cooperation with CEDIA and Bose certainly makes me wonder how much longer I'll be able to do business with them.
