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From: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Connecting Point and the Amiga
Message-ID: <5510@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 24 Nov 89 04:09:07 GMT
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Reply-To: knaup@cpsin3.UUCP (Kirstin A Knaup)
Organization: Engineering, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing
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I think I agree with you about Connecting Point's sales techniques.  The
store here just got their Amigas in a couple of weeks ago.  I called and
the guy I talked to started promising a *student* discount that would
get me the lowest price around.  I figured I'd go in and check it out.
Well, first off they hadn't really learned how to operate the Amiga, but
I thought, hey, it's new to them.  I played around with it, kinda
comparing what I'd learned about it since I started looking at buying
one to what they told me.  After about 15 minutes I asked about the
pricing and got a figure, with the stunning educational (or actually
Christmas; the sale price was lower) discount, and it was *higher* than
the other local dealers' normal prices.  I think it's just 'cause they
haven't been dealing the Amiga for very long, but you'd think if you
were going up against established stores you'd at least check their
pricing and make sure your 'discounted' price were competitive, before
you start luring customers in with it.  I chalk it up to inexperience,
but all the same the misleading promises have convinced me to look
elsewhere.

John Hensley (once again borrowing this account; is this OK, or should I
              not?  It's impossible to get an account if yer not an 
              engineering student here.)