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From: herman@corpane.uucp (Harry Herman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: CMT ram card pricing?
Message-ID: <1991Apr28.163125.7847@corpane.uucp>
Date: 28 Apr 91 16:31:25 GMT
References: <73465@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Corpane Industries Inc.
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In <73465@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> oistony@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthony Petro) writes:

>i recall seeing a post here a few weeks ago to the effect that CMT was 
>lowering their list price on the 128K card to $149, and that EduCalc 
>was going to change their price "later this month."

>then about a week later, someone posted saying that EduCalc had indeed 
>lowered their price to $109.

>i called the order line last night and the woman who took the call was 
>quite clueless; she said the price was $149 just like it says in the 
>catalog and was completely unaware of any plan to change it.  i guess 
>it's my fault for calling a toll-free order line at such an odd hour 
>(12am est, 9pm pst is their time, i think) but i was hoping the rumor 
>was true.

>does anyone know anything about this?  if it is true, when will it 
>take place?  is there another firm that has already lowered their 
>price for the card?  and you who posted that EduCalc lowered their 
>price, whom did YOU speak to, so we can all gang up on him/her...

>those 256K, 512K cards sound great but are too rich for my blood, 
>especially while still vaporware...

>anthony m. petro   "beethoven"    i can say what i want; i'm just an undergrad
>oistony@UBVMSD.BITNET             "frame by frame,
>oistony@mednet.bitnet              death by drowning,
>petro@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu         in your own
>                                   in your own...
>                                   analysis..."

I cannot say anything about the CMT 128K cards, but I just bought a
HP 128K card, and the amount I was charged was $159.95 instead of the
$194.95 the catalog 51 (which came with the card) claims for the
HP card.  Since the $159.95 is only $10.00 more than the price in that
same catalog for the CMT card, I would assume that they must be
lowering their price on both, unless they gave me a special price becuase
they sent me a 32K card first, which I had to return to get the 128K
card that I had ordered.  I don't think that is the case however, because
they subtracted the 32K card's price from the $159.95.

				Harry Herman
				herman@ukma!corpane