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From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng)
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Subject: Re: Amiga 1000s for sale... ONLY $100 EACH!!
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Date: 7 May 90 12:48:35 GMT
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In article <1680@mindlink.UUCP>, a976@mindlink.UUCP (Ron Tarrant) writes...
^ 
^Good Grief (said Charlie Brown) $40.00????? I know I guy here in Vancouver who
^makes them and sells them for $10.00(Can) which works out to about $8.50 or so
^in US bucks. Considering that the parts are less than $3.00 and it takes about
^4-5 minutes to build one BY HAND, $40.00(US) leaves a lot of room for profit.
^Sounds to me like whoever is selling this item down there is just a bit greedy.
^-Ron Tarrant

The place that is selling the A1000 is also selling the widget for $20.
Not a great price...but it gets you a working machine that much faster.

NT

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