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From: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Call A.P.P.L.E.
Message-ID: <8074@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 89 02:28:49 GMT
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Reply-To: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby)
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In article <0ZBSsl200Xoo8O0Wwa@andrew.cmu.edu> jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") writes:
>
>When I got my copy of the first quarterly Call-APPLE, there was an
>addendum explaining that no orders for the catalog would be taken
>after Sept 31. Being already October when I got the issue, I was
>somewhat chagrined. But they mentioned some blurb about competition,
>mail order houses, implications that there were other places that had
>better prices. 
>
>Where are these places? Places I could get Apple //gs manuals for $17
>and Orca/M for $35? I have seen nothing like this in the mail-order
>houses I see typically in Incider or Nibble....
>
>jeremy mereness 

I agree!  After discovering TechAlliance (local for me, half hour drive)
I'm almost ashamed to admit that I went to Tower Books for a refund on
The IIgs Firmware and Hardware References as well as the ProDOS 8 Tech
Ref.  But, hey, capitolism == competition.  With the money I saved, I was
able to purchase a copy of Lichty's 65C816 book - and I STILL had money
left over.

Now there are a few beta manuals that I want (SCSI, etc.), and APDA's
current pricing on beta manuals is higher than what I used to pay for
hard backs!

If Call A.P.P.L.E. was making enough progit that they actually miss the
business, then why can't Apple settle for the same margins?  I guess the
answer is: "well, we're buyin' 'em".  I refuse to buy any manuals until
the prices become reasonable.

Brian Willoughby
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