Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!spool.mu.edu!uunet!ncrcom!usglnk!ncrlnk!ncr-mpd!kentd From: kentd@FtCollins.NCR.com (Kent.Dalton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Sideline Software Message-ID: Date: 3 Apr 91 10:17:29 GMT References: <1991Apr2.032712.20450@nmt.edu> Sender: uucp@ncr-mpd.FtCollins.NCR.COM Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO Lines: 48 In-reply-to: jcksnsr@nmt.edu's message of 2 Apr 91 03:27:12 GMT >>>>> On 2 Apr 91 03:27:12 GMT, jcksnsr@nmt.edu (Admiral JC) said: > Hey, quickie question... has anyone out there had any dealings with > Sideline Software in Florida... I ran across their add in the Mar. Current I ordered Anarchy and Shoot 'em up Construction Kit about three to four weeks ago at their 14.95 price. The only problem I had was they accidently shipped it COD when I'd asked for credit card purchase... I called to make sure I wouldn't be charged for both, they said that there might have been some problem with card #, etc and to call if my card was charged. I got my credit card bill the other day and they didn't charge my card. Response time was fairly quick, about 1.5wks from FLA->CO. The worst thing, though, was that their specials go quick! I had a list of about 6 arcade games from their 14.95 specials I'd been wanting for a while and Anarchy was the only one they had left... (If anyone has a used Black Tiger or Strider for sale let me know!) > Notes and really liked the prices. Really liked their prices, really, really > low... perhaps $20 below nearest competitors on some stuff. Maybe too low. > Does this company actually exist and do they actually sell what they > advetise at what they advertise (14.95 for a game that everyone else has for > about $32.95 or more). I'm not sure how they get prices like that... When I visit my family in Columbus, Ohio I go to the local(!) atari/amiga/ibm shop. They buy/sell/trade and have great prices on used STuff (carry UK ST mags too). The scary thing is (and here comes my point) they have some kind of shrink-wrap capability because they can shrink-wrap the used stuff. Although it is marked, they could easily represent used software as new. I'm not saying Sideline does this, but it is one way to get good prices. Here're examples from the used 'deals' I got last visit to the shop in Columbus: $10 Drakkhen, $6 Battletech, $4 Iron Lord. The volume of business this store does is amazing. The Atari/Amiga markets in central OH must be thriving. -- /**************************************************************************/ /* Kent Dalton * EMail: Kent.Dalton@FtCollins.NCR.COM */ /* NCR Microelectronics * CIS: 72320,3306 */ /* 2001 Danfield Ct. MS470A * */ /* Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 * (303) 223-5100 X-319 */ /**************************************************************************/ Fortune: Hartley's Second Law: Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.