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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: AT sell only motherboard
- Date: 11 Apr 1996 17:39:43 GMT
- Organization: St. John's, NFLD, Canada
- Message-ID: <4kjg4v$ifg@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- Gary Alan Peake (Gemini2@cup.portal.com) wrote:
- : >Well, if AT made their own drives etc, I might feel some sympathy for them. :)
- : >All AT is doing is buying low, selling high with regard to drives and I
- : >for one wouldn't feel too guilty about cutting out the middle man. :)
-
- : Quantity is what makes the difference in price.
-
- Bulk yes, but they add a premium on top of that for the extra perceived
- value and to pay for shipping and assembly. If you buy just the motherboard
- you can pick up cheap high density drives or buy used ones or not bother if
- you don't want one and get a zip drive instead. You can pick the specs you
- want on your drives too. Nice if you already have the drives etc and don't
- want additional inferior ones.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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