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- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Cost saving (was Re: The March Amiga?)
- Date: 24 Jan 1996 08:42:13 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Message-ID: <4e4rd5$stu@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <19960108.77A4120.F5EA@obscurity.pd.mcs.net> <4dlvva$hp3@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4dqjct$gul@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4dt07r$1tv@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- In article <4dt07r$1tv@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>,
- Thomas Clancy <thom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
- >On or about 20 Jan 1996 11:24:13 GMT, George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) did proclaim:
- >( In article <4dlvva$hp3@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>,
- >( Byron Montgomerie <bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
- >( >George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- >
- >( Thus you having to deal with shipping charges, adding to the price of
- >( that and then dealing with possible no warranties or no shops locally
- >( valuing those warranties.
- >
- >George. With shipping, you still save a bloody fortune. Let's do the
- >math, shall we?
-
- Having bought out of the province many times myself, mainly from the
- states, I do realize you save money but that discourages dealers locally
- due to loss of sale and God help you if you run into problems, with some
- of those cheaper systems advertised elsewhere, I have heard horror
- stories about getting things replaced should they be DOA.
-
- Now mind you in some cases and with the Amiga here, it is most if not all
- cases, you have to order out of province for certain items.. right now,
- mainly the Amiga itself! :)
-
- >$2k system in this province, with taxes, is $2400.
- >Purchase the same system from any other province and you pay only
- >shipping, plus 7%. So, ~ $2200 Now, this isn't even considering the
-
- Buying locally gurantees continued support and ease of return/technical
- support should there be a problem.
-
- >fact that spending 2k on a machince frm outside the province will get
- >you a far better beast that is, 16MB instead of 8, 1,7Gig instead of
- >750MB etc..
-
- Higher competition in those places thus the better bang for the buck is
- needed.. that is not saying they aren't using crap parts to offer the
- better price though.
-
- >"Amiga" clones will never see the light of day. You might see something
- >that might have (once) been something remotely similar to an "Amiga".
-
- I take it you are not looking forward to the next generation of Amigas?
-
- -=*George*=-
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