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From: grmg6820@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Geoffrey R. Mason)
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Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 trade up offer
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Date: 25 Apr 91 20:11:37 GMT
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In article <1991Apr25.182856.2665@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> echadez@isis.UUCP (Edward Vincent Chadez) writes:
>In article <1991Apr25.152945.4520@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>>
>>  I have just heard about an Amiga 3000 trade up offer. Well, actually it is
>>a $1500 discount for all owners of Amiga/Commodore products, and you do get
>>to keep your old systems. 
>
>Can this be true??  Does anyone have any details on this??
>
>>
>>  And if you call Commodore, 1800-66-AMIGA, remember to say that you heard
>>about it on the internet! We need a bigger representation!
>
>Well, I did call them...
>
>And I spoke to a VERY nice operator, who directed me to call a couple of
>dealers here in the area (Colorado).  The dealership I called was in boulder,
>who told me to call back in a couple of days ;-) because Commodore *WAS*
>working on something--he couldn't (wouldn't?) say what.
>
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>    David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN  Tomas Arce 
>>           Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)
>>
>>                   Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.
>
>-Ed Chadez

Ok!  I've got the scoop..  It is called the "Power up Program" and from what
I understand it runs through June 30th, basically what you do is bring in the
front cover of your commodore 64, 128, amiga 500, 1000, 2000, etc... manual 
and its registration number and you get a significant discount for buying 
a new 3000!  I was told by Commodore that these discounts can go along with
the Education discount, but the dealer I called locally said they couldn't.

Here are prices I was quoted:
	Amiga 3000 16mhz/50meg  list: $3000  powerup: $1,849
	           25mhz/50meg  list: $3500  powerup: $2,249
	           25mhz/100meg list: $4700  powerup: $3,199

I got these over the phone, so I might not be all that accurate...  Check 
with 1-800-662-6442 (which is: 1-800-66-AMIGA) for the local dealer, and to
grill them about the deal.


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Geoffrey R. Mason		|	grmg6820@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Department of Psychology	|	gmason@s.psych.uiuc.edu
University of Illinois		|	jrm@cis.ufl.edu