[PyrNet-L] Fw: Microchiping

["Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pyrstar" <pyrstar@pathway.net>
To: "Barbara Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:44 PM
Subject: Microchiping


> Hi Barb,
> Would you again be a sweetheart and pass this along to
Pyrnet-l?   :-D    Many thanks.
> Jean
> Pyrstar@pathway.net
>
>
> Hi Melissa,
> I've heard this statement from other people too.    Schering
Plough has
> been telling folks that big fib since it came down to Schering
Plough and
> Avid being the only microchips available.  I do believe that
originally
> when there were the 3 (or more) chips available on the market
that each
> scanner did only scan it's own chip.   I believe that might've
changed as
> soon as the 3rd company dropped out of the market if Avid
didn't start
> scanning other chips before that time.   The fact is that the
Avid scanner
> does read the Schering Plough chip and it's SP chip number.   I
know
> because I watched as Lee (our KC prez) used the club's Avid
scanner on
> Cirrus.    I wrote down the number in case it wasn't mentioned
in Gails
> paperwork re registering Cirrus and the chip.     Avid doesn't
propagate
> any such rumors.   They simply tell you that their scanner will
scan the
> Schering Pough chip and give you the chip number.   I think it
is deceptive
> selling practices of Schering Plough to continue to use this
inaccurate
> information to sell their chip and scanner.    I'm pretty sure
Schering
> Plough knows that the Avid scanner reads their chip and has
known since
> Avid first started scanning their chip.    Shame on SP.
> Jean F-V
> W.PA.
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