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"As long as we have good products,good prices and good availability,we 'II get our our reward, which isorders," Reitc..1n Reitan says. He notes that Unisource has diversifiedin its retail stores, but not in itsmail-order business. "It is an awfully difficult business,"he says. "There is not a good productin the home market compared to TI.We do carry Commodore and we docarry software for other computers." "Saturday I could hardly have timeto breathe, there were so many inhere," Smith says. "I have a very-small store. TlTI's paying my rent. A lotof people are coming in asking for diskdrives. Them I'm having trouble getting.A lot of my distributors are pullingout.''" She notes, "It costs a lot of money todiversify. I tell people I can get themCommodore stuff if they want it. I canget them Atari stuff if they want it. ButI'm not stocking it. Eventually, I'llhave to." DeMars says that Specialist In is"constantly getting new customers."They are diversifying, "but we'dplanned to do that anyway." He adds, "TI is our favorite company.You can't find a better compar:iycompany to deal with."Mccutcheon McCutcheon says thc..1t · ·one that "one thingthc1tthat's c1 a little rough right now" is thc1tthat items from third parties are · ·not"not completely on the mc1rket" c..1nd and theexpansion market hc..1s has slowed down. "As fast as I can get softwc1re software in, Isell it," he says, noting that he has gotin "about 25 new titles in the last 60days from TI" through wholesalers. ==YOU ARE WHAT YOU COMPUTE==