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- From: bruss@cs.ucsd.edu (Brian Russ)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
- Subject: Software stores (was Re: Stellar 7 (was Re: etc))
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 04:47:37 GMT
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- >hulsej@lclark.edu (Jose Hulse) writes:
- >
- >>Unless you absolutely HAVE to, my advice is never to buy software at
- >>Software, etc.. Egghead (even Electronics Boutique) has consistently
- >>better prices. Those Software, etc. guys mark something $10 off the
- >>FULL RETAIL price and expect you to think you're getting a great deal!
- >>I only go there to see what's out, but I never buy anything other than
- >>maybe a magazine.
-
- The Electronics Boutiques around here (San Diego (where I live) and
- Sacramento (where I spent Christmas)) have no Mac stuff whatsoever.
- At all. I had presumed this to be true elsewhere?
-
- What I have noticed about Software Etc is that (at least for some
- Amiga stuff) they marked down older stuff a *lot*. (I used to have an
- Amiga, gave it to my brother, and was shopping for him over vacation)
- He bought two games (list price > $40 each) for $7 each. They weren't
- new or brilliant or anything, but you can't go wrong at that price.
- I didn't see them doing that with Mac software though :-(. Their
- selection wasn't very good anyway -- Egghead and CompUSA do much better
- with selection ...
-
- Brian
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- Brian Russ
- CSE Department, UC San Diego
- bruss@beowulf.ucsd.edu
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