Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!metahawk From: metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby) Subject: Re: Help Needed Message-ID: <2h5gadc@rpi.edu> Keywords: Amiga Trade Up Offer Sender: Wayne Rigby Nntp-Posting-Host: jec414.its.rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY References: Date: 5 May 91 06:51:50 GMT Lines: 53 In article lcs@remus.rutgers.edu (Lyle C. Seplowitz) writes: > >Thanks to Commodore's excellent to offer, I am able to afford the >A3000 (upgrading from my 128). > >After I spoke to an extremely nice customer service operator (who >mentioned the offer before I had a chance to ask about it)...I >contacted the four dealers he gave me to call (I live in north Jersey >and only two were located in north and central jersey, the other two >are in NYC). I called the one in north Jersey...they never heard of >the offer. Plus the saleperson kept putting down the Amiga, saying >Commodore must be desperate with this offer. He said he only sold "two >Amiga 3000s in the last two years." I thought the A3000 just came out >last year! Anyway, he's going to check on the offer and get back to >me. > >I called the central Jersey dealer, but they aren't an authorized >service center. Finally I called one of the NYC dealers. They support >the offer, but I don't really want to go to NYC (I don't really trust >the electronics businesses in the city). > >If anyone knows of any dealers in the North Jersey or NYC area that >are reliable, please let me know--I don't want to have any problems >with this purchase. > >Also, does anyone know when the offer ends. The Commodore operator >wasn't sure, but he believed the end of June. Can someone from >Commodore assure me that this offer won't be revoked or discontinued >early. I graduate this semester and can't afford to pay the regular >prices. > The offer officially ends June 30, 1991. There is an ad in the June issue of Amiga World (p. 87) stating this. I don't think Commodore won't revoke or be discontinued early when they're officially advertising. >Thanks for any information you can give me. >:) >Lyle. >-- > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >:) :( :> :< :] :[ ;) :| :? :} :{ :* :^) :^( :+ :-) :\ :/ :! :$ :' :@ :O :# :<> > l c s @ r e m u s . r u t g e r s . e d u >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Everything stated or expressed in this post is strictly my opinion or viewpoint Wayne Rigby Computer and Systems Engineer (in training) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute metahawk@rpi.edu