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From: wizard@sosaria.imp.com (Chris Brand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Re: educational discount plan
Message-ID: <4822.AA4822@sosaria>
Date: 13 Jun 90 21:30:10 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga
Distribution: comp
Organization: Sosaria Realm Berne, Switzerland
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In article <3799@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> gilmore@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Neil Gilmore) says:

> In article <2034@lakesys.lakesys.com>, amc@lakesys.lakesys.com (Adam Costello) > writes...
> 
> >Attention everyone, especially Commodore employees!
> >This is a question that I'm sure everyone would like answered:
> > 
> >My dealer told me today that the educational discount plan ends June 30!
> >Is this true?  If not, what is the true story?
> 

> Doesn't matter a hell of a lot to me. Our local dealer told me today, 
> point-blank (which is unusual for this place) that they don't 
> participate. Maybe in Sun Prairie, I heard second-hand that System Forms 
> was advertising Amiga on radio. Seeing that the local place has taken 
> both the 2500 and 3000 off their display floors, I hope System forms 
> does well.

Hear this: We in Europe won't get any discount at all. Why? Because of the
European market structure. Simply stated: If it's not expensive it's not
worth anything. This is especially true for West Germany and Switzerland. 
So if they'd offer the A3000 with educational discount, people wouldn't
believe that it's a pro machine...


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Chris Brand - wizard@sosaria.imp.com
"Justice is the possession and doing 
of what one is entitled to" - Platon
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