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- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: AT Surfer Package
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 19:53:06 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
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- Message-ID: <4hkqf2$k4h@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <DMKGps.8rL@iglou.com> <4hf8d6$ftk@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4hgo8h$nkl@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4hkhuc$3s0@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Summary: Nice response
- Keywords: Cheap prices
-
- In article <4hkhuc$3s0@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>,
- Byron Montgomerie <bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
- >: >: > The only comments I would make is that I can buy a new 14.4 modem for $70 CDN
- >
- >: I was just wondering where to locally you can buy a 14.4k modem for $70?
- >: The only place I can think of would be The Price Club or perhaps Business
- >: Depot? Was this internal or external?
- >
- >[CDN pricing assumed throughout]
- >
- >George, if you don't want to shop around and refuse to consider mail order that
- >is your choice, ditto with used items. Hell, in this town they sell 14.4
-
- Mail order is cheaper but depending on where you order from determines
- the quality of the product
-
- >modems for $200 CDN, if you want to pay an extra $130 CDN go right ahead.
-
- Highest price I have seen so far was $181 including GST, PST through a
- local means and that was for a 14.4k external fax modem (which that price
- was good compared to most places) - to get the same thing at say The
- Price Club you would save $10 but have to go through the hassle of
- getting a membership just to buy one item if you never had a membership
- and pay the $40 startup fee which would have practically equaled it out
- in the short term. Now granted the 14.4k external data modem was cheaper
- still but nowhere near the $70 you posted about but not that much more
- after all pricing was added to it. These prices were months ago also
- mind you (back in October) so I am sure they have dropped again since.
-
- >Many mail order companies in Quebec and Ontario offer 14.4 modems for $70, a
- >few for $65 and to answer your question they would be external, I have seen
-
- Like I said above this would be straight 14.4k and no fax capabilities
- but then you have to question whether it is the external USR Sportster Si
- they are offering (I am sure they state it) which is software controlled
- data compression etc. which leads to numerous conflicts with hardware
- controlled ones. The software controlled ones are indeed cheaper like
- the prices you stated. If not this, then they are probably just clearing
- house to make way for 28.8s. Oh yes, I assume USR products and not some
- crap name like Zoom or something
-
- >internals for around $40-$50. If you want a list of companies do your own
- >shopping.
-
- I am not shopping around for a 14.4k modem and I won't deal from a place
- that I don't know readily about or have access to or buy brand names that
- compromise the quality of the product.
-
- Paying $70 out of province saves you on PST costs but you still have to
- pay for GST and shipping charges and wait for the delivery when you can
- probably pay $10 - $20 more and use it right away and get local support.
-
- Like someone else pointed out to you, this is great if you know how to
- shop good and look all over Canada to buy the cheapest modem possible, do
- that will all the components of a computer and it will take you some
- time to buy it all compared to the walk into the store and buy it all in
- one when available (mainly new users who won't know where to find all
- these great deals right away).
-
- Anyways, I justed wanted to know if it was local or where you found the
- price that cheap, a simple question, there was nothing more to it.
-
- >Regards,
- >
- >BM
-
- -=*George*=-
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