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From: schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dealers
Message-ID: <476@cs.nps.navy.mil>
Date: 8 Dec 89 22:45:59 GMT
References: <2974@plains.UUCP>
Reply-To: schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger)
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
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In article <2974@plains.UUCP> kraft@plains.UUCP (Joe Kraft) writes:
>
>     Whie I was home for Thanksgiving I went into the store where I bought
>my Amiga back in '85.  There wasn't an Amiga to be found there, when I
>told them about the big promo C= is doing on the 500...I about got thrown
>out of the store for mentioning the name.  
>
>     The manager came out and asked if they were trying to sell them through 
>their dealer network, then told me that C= had pissed off all the smaller
>dealers by their lack of support.  [some lines deleted]  
>
>     Another thing that he didn't like was the fact people on the Air 
>Force Base could buy the same computer from the Commissary at less
>than his cost from C=.
>
>    Joe Kraft
>    1010-16th St N #7, Fargo ND, 58102
>    kraft@plains

I think that people at the Air Force Base might buy an Amiga at the Base
Exchange, but not the Commissary (which is where they would go to buy food).

In any event, while exchange prices are low and competitive, I don't think
that they are below dealer wholesale.  The Navy Exchange here sells the 500
for the same price as Software, Etc. out in town - $599 (although I expect
this might drop $20 - 25 ).  The 2000 is sold at $1580 normally (prior to
the list price reduction announcement by Commodore).  I did get mine for
$1422, but that was on a special one-hour 10% off sale.  People have gotten
equipment mail order at much lower prices than can be gotten through the
exchanges.  (I know, mail order is supposedly on the way out).  The dealer's
comment about the exchange selling Amiga's at under his cost just doesn't
sound right to me, as the exchanges are required to sell them at above their
cost (volume buying by the exchange service might lower the exchanges' price
somewhat, but I expect its not that great an amount).

Just my thoughts on the above comment.

Jeff Schweiger

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