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- From: bsalter@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: Acorn news release: Acorn Options
- Date: 20 Jan 93 08:48:51 GMT
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- Acorn Offers Rental Option
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- Embargo Release Date 20th January 1993
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- Acorn Computers is introducing Acorn Options - a rental package for
- educational establishments to allow them to acquire state-of-the-art
- computer equipment without the need for capital expenditure.
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- Under the new scheme, which was set up in response to a perceived demand
- following the removal of restrictions on rentals by the Chancellor in his
- autumn statement, Acorn education dealers will be able to offer such
- establishments rental terms over three years of both Acorn equipment and
- associated peripheral hardware and software. The rental will be quoted at a
- fixed rate over the three year period and an extended warranty scheme will
- also be offered as part of the package.
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- With Acorn Options, more machines can be added to the rental at any time and
- there is even an option to exchange out any of the equipment for newer
- models as they become available.
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- Acorn's Education Marketing Manager Frank Burdett explained that with
- continual advances in technology and product development, it can prove very
- expensive for educational establishments to keep up to date. "For some
- schools it is simply beyond their means." he said.
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- "Acorn Options eliminates this problem by allowing a school to use its
- revenue, rather than capital, budget and improves cashflow by spreading the
- acquisition cost of the equipment over a realistic three year replacement
- period."
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- Normally, once a school or college approaches an Acorn Education dealer, it
- will take a maximum of 24 hours to action a rental agreement and the dealer
- will be able to sort everything out from raising the initial paperwork to
- acquiring the equipment for the school to dealing with its installation and
- maintenance.
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- ENDS
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- Further Information from Frank Burdett, Acorn Computers, Tel 0223 254254
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