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From: covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Life with Atari
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Date: 26 Oct 89 16:02:08 GMT
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In article <467036de.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>, rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer) writes:
> In article <466bd5b7.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
> >And now that HP has released the LaserJet IIP for $995.00, I just wonder
> >how many SLM804s will be sold. I know that I would buy the HP printer before
> >buying the SLM804 if I was to buy a laser printer today.
> 
> Uh, just a small nit.  I believe the list-price on the LJ IIP is $1495, though
> I don't doubt the "street price" could approach your figure.
> 
> --
> >>"Aaiiyeeee!  Death from above!"<< | Steve Rehrauer, rehrauer@apollo.hp.com
>    "Flee, lest we be trod upon!"    | The Apollo Computer Division of H.P.

Uh, just a small. I believe the list-price on the SLM804 is $1995, though
I don't doubt the "street price" could approach your figure.

he he

Anyway, I paid $995 for my SLM804 when it was introduced in early 1988.
My dealer got a large order of them in and couldn't sell them at the
list price of $1995, so he had a close out at $995. MOst other dealers
were selling SLM804s for about $1495 in 1988.

I don't know what the "street price" of a SLM804 is now, but my dealer
is selling them (or trying to anyway) bundled with the base package
of UltraScript for $1495. He will deal down to around $1300 I am told.


and I have seen ads in newspapers here in Phoenix for the HP LJ IIP
for $995. unbelievable!

Rich Covert