Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Does UUNET still have the best deal on T2500's? Message-ID: <19899@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 15 Mar 91 06:35:43 GMT References: Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 23 In article davidg%aegis.or.jp@kyoto-u.ac.jp (Dave McLane) writes: > nolan@helios.unl.edu (Michael Nolan) writes: > > I faxed Michigan Network after seeing an add in some mag and got > back a long price list and the information that they would, indeed, > give the sysop special to me and I am running a UUCP connected > site. But the "special" isn't really so special, compared to the > regular prices they show. Not too surprising, since most Manufacturer's "SYSOP" deals involve low/non-existant profit margins and direct sales which bypass distribution overhead. Any dealer/distributor can offer their own "SYSOP" deal, but unless they are getting special price from the manufacturer, they can't cut too deep into their margin, and further have far less assurance that secondary sales as a result of their promotional pricing will end up in their pocket... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing: domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com Commodore, Engineering Department phone: 215-431-9349 (only by moonlite)