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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!cs.utexas.edu!torn!spartan.ac.BrockU.CA!tmc
  3. From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
  4. Subject: Re: 1200/4000 pricing
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan2.035622.12936@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
  6. Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
  7. Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 03:56:22 GMT
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  10. In article <1htcc5INN221@mozz.unh.edu> ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene)
  11. writes:
  12.  
  13. >    Tim, I don't know where you are getting these exchange rates.  I live
  14. >   in the US and the 2 places that sell Amigas near me are certainly not using
  15. >   your exchange rate.  The A1200 + 40meg HD + 1960 is at least $1300 here.
  16.  
  17. That's because you're inferring that there should also be a price parity,
  18. which there isn't. A comparable system in Canada retails for $1300 CDN.
  19. Each CBM subsidiary sets its own prices, and with the devalued Canadian
  20. dollar, the difference becomes quite substantial.
  21.  
  22. As of Thursday, $1 CDN=$.78 U.S.
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