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From: jeffk@idacom.uucp (Jeff Kelley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Trade Up?
Message-ID: <1991May10.214554.5273@idacom.uucp>
Date: 10 May 91 21:45:54 GMT
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In article <1991May6.183919.7475@ccs.carleton.ca> wcsemb@ccs.carleton.ca (E. Bacic) writes:
>
>I read about the trade in deal and asked our local dealer here in Ottawa
>as well as Commodore Canada.  Yup, it's available.  It expires May 18th.
>Its been active since March 1st! (no ads, typical!).  Anyway, you get an
>Amiga 3000 with no monitor and 4meg of 4x1 RAM, 1 drive, and one of the
>following config/price seletions:
>
>	A3000/25-50	$3795		50meg HD 25mhz '030
>
The price posted for this configuration in the US deal was US$2249, I believe.
(I'm not sure if it had 4Mb RAM).  At an exchange rate of CAN$1 ~ US$0.86
this works out to about CAN$2615.  After applying GST to both prices
(in Alberta there is no PST, thanks to TFTA there is no duty or
 tariff on computer products from the US) we get:

	Canadian Dealer Price			US Dealer Price
		~CAN$4061			~CAN$2797

What is the reason for the wide disparity in prices?
If the US deal is in fact, $1250 cheaper for the same machine, is it
	a) permissible to drive across the border and buy a machine
	   from a US dealer?
	b) possible to mail order a machine under the deal from a place
	   like Creative Computers?

(Not implying that I intend to buy, it still seems too pricey for me,
 but if I changed my mind I wouldn't want to flush $1250 down the
 toilet by mistake.)

--
Jeff Kelley			jeffk@idacom.uucp
IDACOM, A division of HP	Edmonton, AB, Canada (403)462-4545
Disclaimer: I am not a spokeman for HP.  Ignore my opinions.