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From: perley@caesar (Donald P Perley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amigas -- why the 90 day warranty?
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Date: 24 Oct 89 15:27:59 GMT
References: <1989Oct15.021329.2118@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <23196@cup.portal.com>
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In article <23196@cup.portal.com>, Doug_B_Erdely@cup writes:
>> I wonder how many others are waiting for
>> Commodore to decide to put a real warranty on their equipment....

> Another thing to consider is that you DON'T see a 
>PC with the features of the Amiga anywhere near the price. When pricing a 
>product the warranty period is a determining factor of retail cost. Are *YOU*
>willing to pay more for a longer warranty??

I WAS willing to pay less for a longer warrantee.


Back when Magnavox was making the 1084, I got the equivalent monitor
(maybe an extra feature or 2) with the magnavox name plate for about
$30 less and it came with a 2 year warrantee instead of commodore's 
90 days.  Both monitors were priced at the same dealer.

In many markets the customers would settle for a shorter warrantee 
if an onsite service contract was available from commodore.  It wouldn't
sell well for the home market, but that sort of thing is the norm
where downtime means idle employees.

-don perley

  
perley@trub.crd.ge.com