Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Subject: Re: NEW Commodore Upgrade for A1000 Owners! Message-ID: <1991May10.011927.14392@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Organization: Columbia University References: <53146@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 01:19:27 GMT In article <53146@nigel.ee.udel.edu> lou@vaxsc writes: > >Most American businesses are in business to make a profit. Sometimes, businesses >get a little overzealous in this goal and lose sight of ethics. However, putting on >a sale, after you've bought something is not unethical by most standards. >Disheartening, maybe, but not unethical. I would likely be upset too, but I would >be more upset if I found out that the dealer knew, and didn't tell me. That would >be unethical, in my opinion. And, unfortunately, I have known of Amiga dealers in >the past who would do this. Much has changed lately, though. > >As the old saying goes, Patience will out. I have had the worst luck with timing. I bought the A2500/20. Two months later they lowered the price by $700 and released the A2500/30 at the old /20 price. Three months after that, the educational pricing began. Was I pissed! Sure I was. But it's hardly Commodore's fault. Kiernan's got NOTHING on me. 8-) -- Ethan "Brain! Brain! What is Brain?"