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- From: thompson@robin.tezcat.com (Bob Thompson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Why does USR charge a premium for their Sportster modems?
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 08:04:38 CDT
- Organization: Antarctic CS
- Message-ID: <thompson.1329.00395BA5@robin.tezcat.com>
- References: <31652e9e.13000253@news.ucalgary.ca> <4k3cmm$ptc@uuneo.neosoft.com> <4k4vc7$tp3@ktb2.ktb.net>
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- In article <4k4vc7$tp3@ktb2.ktb.net> bashley@ktb2.ktb.net (Bev) writes:
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- >In article <31652e9e.13000253@news.ucalgary.ca>, acktam@acs.ucalgary.ca says...
- > >>I am thinking of upgrading to a 28.8 k modem from a 14.4k one. I saw
- > >>an ad in the local newspaper that advertised Zoom 28.8 for $190
- > >>(Canadian $) and one jfor USR sportster for $260.
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- >dsterner@neosoft.com wrote:
- > >Are you sure you are comparing apples to apples? The $260 price
- > >for a basic Sportster is high - very high. I paid about $225 for
- > >an external model about 1 1/2 years ago.
-
- >Last Sunday I bought a USR external 33.6 PnP non-voice faxmodem for $187 +
- >tax. I could have bought the vi model for $207. $260 sounds pretty high...
-
- >Bev bashley@ktb.net
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- Geez. I know it's fun to post "I got it for less than you did" messages, but
- doesn't anyone read the original posts? He is quoting CANADIAN prices, in
- CANADIAN dollars.
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- /bob/
- thompson@robin.tezcat.com (Bob Thompson)
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