Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!amdahl!dwl10 From: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amazing's Amiga Ad Campaign Report Message-ID: Date: 17 Jan 90 17:56:46 GMT References: <1014@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> <9639@marque.mu.edu> <26028@cup.portal.com> <733@godot.psc.edu> Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Distribution: na Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Houston TX Lines: 32 In article <733@godot.psc.edu> eberger@godot.UUCP (Ed Berger) writes: >In article <26028@cup.portal.com> FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois) writes: >If the local dealer doesn't know how to get your business, Thats his >problem, not yours. If he has decided that it isn't in his best interests >to offer software at a reasonable amount over mail-order, thats his >decision. Don't feel guilty. > There are also other things to consider about a dealer: - Does he have knowledgable people working for him? - Is he honest - Does he provide "bonus" services, such as Demoing software, providing PD disk collections, providing a discount to "frequent buyers". The local "full service dealer" here in Houston really looses out on the "bonus" services. They want $4.50 PLUS a blank disk for FISH disks! They have no sort of discount to frequent buyers. They charge a 25% "re-stocking fee" on all returns. A store I went to in Boston (The Memory location) has a "club". For $25 (or so), you get a 10% discount on all purchases, you get to copy FISH disks for free, etc. Now that's a good deal! So, before you plunk down your hard earned bucks at a local dealer, make sure that they deserve them. It's not a crime to pay more locally than you would mailorder, but just be sure you get something for that extra $$$! -- "What is another word | Dave Lowrey | [The opinions expressed MAY be for 'Thesaurus'?" | Amdahl Corp. | those of the author and are not | Houston, Texas | necessarily those of his Steven Wright | amdahl!dwl10 | employer] (`nuff said!)