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- From: klasmekj@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Kevin J. Klasmeier)
- Subject: Re: ST-Falcon Swap Scheme Concept
- Message-ID: <C1JszI.Kv1@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
- Organization: University of Cincinnati
- References: <1993Jan27.174635.14917@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:09:18 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.174635.14917@cs.hw.ac.uk> sbrown@cs.hw.ac.uk (Stuart Brown) writes:
- >Wouldn't it be a great idea if Atari were to offer ST owners a swap scheme
- >in order for them to get their hands on a Falcon?
- >
- >I bought a 520STFM in March 1990, right before Atari decided to dwindle the
- >price of an STE; since then I've upgraded to 1Mb, got a sampling cartridge
- >and an external floppy disk drive: the point is, if I were to get a Falcon,
- >all this stuff would be useless! If a swap scheme was in operation, Atari
- >could take our old hardware (use it for spares or sell it again for cheaper
- >perhaps) and give us a spanking new Falcon: obviously we would have to give
- >Atari some money as well; they can't give away Falcons!
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- Though this would be good for the consumers, it would be devastating to
- the dealers. Because there are so few dealers out there, Atari must not
- pull a fast one on them. Many dealers offer swaps themselves, but in my
- opinion you can get a better deal by selling you computer here on the
- net. It would be different if Atari had an expected 1,000,000 userbase
- willing to buy the FALCON but they don't, they have no choice but to
- distribute this fine computer through the dealer network....
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