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- From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.video
- Subject: Re: Toys'R'Us and Lynx writing
- Date: 1 Jan 1993 02:53:05 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1993Jan1.012455.2772@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1hrc6eINNot5@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Dec31.221213.11324@brtph560.bnr.ca>
- Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
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- In a previous article, hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (PRIMUS SUCKS!) says:
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- >In article <1992Dec31.221213.11324@brtph560.bnr.ca> jthomas@brtph98.bnr.ca (James Thomas P215) writes:
- >>
- >>I was wondering about this and also why Kay-Bee Toys does not
- >>sell Lynx. I just finished reading RISING_SUN by Michael Crichton,
- >>so the idea of a Nintendo-based conspiracy does spring to mind.
- >>What is the consensus here, is our good ole' US company being
- >>muscled out of market share?
- >>
- >>On another note, what is the difference between Lynx and Lynx II?
- >>
- >>jt
- >
- >Maybe the chains are getting pissed off because Atari is now selling DIRECT
- >at killer prices. I know that if I owned a Toy Store I would be pissed off. The
- >fact that Atari is selling direct is bad enough but at the LOW prices it is
- >just a slap in the face to all the toystores. A similar thing is happening in
- >the Apple community. Apple computer recently began selling direct and many
- >computer resellers became very upset, and Apple was selling at RETAIL price
- >which is VERY high. If Apple decided to sell at anything below retail, maybe
- >some places would have dropped the Mac line, like what is happening with the
- >Lynx. Who knows, this is just my 2 cents.
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- No, Atari resorted to selling direct because they couldn't find any
- retailers to sell the Lynx. Toys'R'Us reportedly told Atari that they
- are dropping the Lynx, so Atari decided that the only way to sell
- it was through a 1-800 number.
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- The lower price was also available at retailers, it was not strictly
- through Atari.
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- >
- >PS
- >
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