Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!munnari.oz.au!richard From: richard@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Richard Hagen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Awesome! Now I am Pi**ed! Message-ID: Date: 13 Dec 90 06:23:13 GMT References: <1990Nov27.140432.6036@cck.cov.ac.uk> <1990Dec5.112930.17353@cck.cov.ac.uk> <1990Dec12.124856.8359@newcastle.ac.uk> Sender: news@cs.mu.oz.au Reply-To: richard@cs.mu.OZ.AU Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia Lines: 12 In-reply-to: A.C.Crook@newcastle.ac.uk's message of 12 Dec 90 12:48:56 GMT A.C.Crook@newcastle.ac.uk (Adey Crook "Just leave me with my thought") said: > A couple of months later I see the UK version advertised for 600 pounds - > thats getting on for $1100. In Australia, the price for one of these units is around AUD$1400... and a half meg memory expansion will set you back about AUD$150. I really don't know who is making the money out of this... It just seems that high prices are the norm for specialist electronic gear. richard