Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!kaukau.comp.vuw.ac.nz!pencarrow.comp.vuw.ac.nz!aaron From: aaron@pencarrow.comp.vuw.ac.nz (Aaron Roydhouse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari Financial condition Keywords: STe, Lynx, NZ, Prices, Gloom & Doom Message-ID: <1990Mar29.054601.8487@kaukau.comp.vuw.ac.nz> Date: 29 Mar 90 05:46:01 GMT References: <1990Mar27.191012.10607@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <5780001@acf5.NYU.EDU> <3204@draken.nada.kth.se> <1990Mar25.071703.3839@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1990Mar26.071218.10123@chinet.chi.il.us> <1238@elmgate.UUCP> Sender: news@kaukau.comp.vuw.ac.nz (News Admin) Reply-To: aaron@pencarrow.comp.vuw.ac.nz (Aaron Roydhouse) Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand. Lines: 65 In article <1990Mar27.191012.10607@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Bob Bright) writes: > > In light of the recent interest in posting a monthly "Intro. to > Comp.sys.atari.st", I suggest that we also post the following on a > monthly basis, under the title "GENERIC COMP.SYS.ATARI.ST WHINE". Do you think .st posters are just the sort of people who whine too much, or are you prepared to consider the ever so vague possibility they have something(s) to complain about? > [stuff deleted]... and how Atari don't make good > enough manuals and they don't give their dealers proper support and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You think you have problems, here in NZ we have to make out own support. The NZ distributors make an good effort but you get the feeling they're keep fairly much in the dark. > [stuff deleted]... and if the Europeans can buy an > STe why can't they I mean it's not as if there were any difficulties > in getting them to Canada, ...[foo] Well, we can get them here, not particularly cheap though, in case anyone is interested here are the full retail prices: 0.5Mb STe NZ$1299 Estimated US value: US$647 1.0Mb STe NZ$1599 (Excluding NZ Sales Tax) US$796 2.0Mb STe NZ$1999 US$995 4.0Mb STe NZ$2999 US$1493 Note: These prices include a local (to NZ) sales tax (called Goods & Services Tax or GST here) of 12.5%. Any remaining ST's (there aren't many) are selling for NZ$999 inc GST (520STfm), about US$497 I guess. I would like to know what prices are like elsewhere, probably a constructive exercise - if we don't whine to much about the differences. So if you're reading this and you're not from NZ (a distinct possibility) then tell us what you local retail prices are - this means full recommended retail, not street value. If you're in the US, I guess you should mention which state the prices refer to, and possibly local tax conditions. I'll summarise and post any email I get on the subject. I guess any Atari computer products are valid data, ST's, STe's, Lynx, Mega's, TT's (:-) but remember rrp, not back-of-truck discount price. > [stuff deleted]... and did you see the new Nintendo GameBoy cartridge nowhere > near as good as the Lynx but of course you can't buy them because... Well, apparently they will be selling NZ wide (NZ's not that wide you know :-) as of next week (source: this is what Atari dealers have been told). I'm told only four games will be available and I have not heard any indication of what the prices will be. > Bob Bright > Dept. of Philosophy > University of Manitoba > Winnipeg, Man R3T 2N2 (204) 474-9680 _________________________________________________________________________ / \ The Entity | Phone: +64 4 850 988 Fax: +64 4 710 187 |@/ Aaron Roydhouse | SMail: PO Box 11-704, Wellington, New Zealand \__ aaron@comp.vuw.ac.nz | Quote: "Death - To stop sinning suddenly"