Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!gondwana10!krooglik From: krooglik@ecr.mu.oz.au (Alexander Krooglikov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: What's the difference???? Summary: What a whinger... Message-ID: <5925@munnari.oz.au> Date: 2 Nov 90 00:33:17 GMT References: <7244@cica.cica.indiana.edu> <1990Nov01.222619.16655@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: news@cs.mu.oz.au Lines: 45 Keywords: In article <1990Nov01.222619.16655@ecst.csuchico.edu>, mrush@ecst.csuchico.edu (Matt "C P." Rush) writes: > In article <15514@cbmvax.commodore.com> diamond@cbmvax.commodore.com (Howard Diamond - Ed Marketing) writes: > > > >NOT TRUE!!! You can't buy a monitor, or any other Non-cpu, unless you > >purchase a cpu, either as a bundle, or by the piece...but you don't have > >to purchase bundles...you can create your own, AND/OR just elect to purchase > >the cpu....so....in your example, if you don't need the monitor, you are > >able to just get the cpu, or even the cpu and an extra drive, or whatever. > >ALL Amiga products are available at an ED discount, and can be purchased, > >as long as a CPU is purchased. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Why is it that we MUST by a CPU to take advantage of the Ed. Discount? > Some of us poor students can't afford to buy everything at ONCE. But once we > buy our CPU/Bundle we have to pay full retail for any future expansions we > might want. > > Sure, I'd LOVE to be able to buy my A500 _and_ Hard Drive _and_ RAM > expansion _and_ monitor all at once, but I can't afford that. How about some > kind of deal for peripherals? > > -- Matt > Boy, what a whinger!! This poor guy thinks he's having problems because he isn't allowed to buy bits and pieces at different times. Over here in Australia, we have only JUST (1 or 2 months ago) been introduced to the idea of tertiary discounts. Over here, you get an A500, 1meg RAM, and 1084S monitor for $1210 Australian if you are an Ed person. You CANNOT buy bits and pieces (ie. RAM cards, CPU cards, graphics cards) at Ed discount prices AT ALL!! So, perhaps Matt should think himself lucky that he gets a discount at all. After all, how privileged we are to be in a social minority (ie. Uni Students) and STILL get the world's best computer!! _______________________________________________________________________ Alex Krooglik krooglik@ecr.mu.oz.au University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia. _______________________________________________________________________ Alex Krooglik krooglik@ecr.mu.oz.au University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia.