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- From: cs902117@ariel.yorku.ca (TONY D'ALFONSO)
- Subject: Re: PowerBook 160: availability, price, etc.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.011753.23830@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>
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- Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
- References: <NICK.92Sep9132228@vaila.ed.ac.uk> <1992Sep10.092513.27647@sun.pcl.ac.uk> <NICK.92Sep10122812@vaila.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:17:53 GMT
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- In article <NICK.92Sep10122812@vaila.ed.ac.uk> nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep10.092513.27647@sun.pcl.ac.uk> marcus@sun.pcl.ac.uk (Marcus Harvey) writes:
- >
- > Just being curious - how much did Customs sting you for?
- >
- >Duty on computers is 4.9%. VAT is 17.5%. For some reason I've never tracked
- >down, both are charged on the item cost plus shipping.
- >
- >UPS 2nd-day air from Chicago was around $90. So, for a $600 PB100, I make
- >that around the $850 mark, or L430 total. That's well under half the Apple
- >UK price (L1100-L1200 inc. VAT?).
- >
- >Nick.
- >--
- > Nick Rothwell, LFCS, Edinburgh | "Say, how many contemporary dancers are
- > nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk | there in this bar?"
- >CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance | "Dunno; count the Dr. Martens and
- > cassiel@cix.compulink.co.uk | divide by two..."
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- It's funny, in the US, the Powerbook 100 is cheaper than EVERYWHERE else.
- Up here in Canada, a Powerbook 100 4/40 is "on sale" at $1699-$1899 (prices
- range with dealer), meanwhile the closest thing I got to a Powerbook 100
- 2/20 was a "demo" model going for $1300+ (all prices in Canadian dollars).
- It's REDICULOUS!!!
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- / o n y.
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