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From: dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Anyone actually own an 040 Amiga?
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Date: 14 May 91 20:24:40 GMT
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In <1991May13.190307.4383@wam.umd.edu> ddev@wam.umd.edu (Don DeVoe) writes:

  [edited for space, and my stupid news program]

>>Conversly, the C=64 I bought 6-7 years ago for $395.- is now worth
>>between $1150.- to $1500.- The Amiga1000 I bought when it came out
>>for $1500.- would be worth the same if I were brain-dead enough to
>>want to sell it.

>You are joking, right? You'd be lucky to get $350 for your A1000 now (in fact,

No joke.  Commodore, or perhaps their dealers (I don't know who takes the
hit), will give me $1150 to $1500 for a 64, if I had one, or my A1000,
toward the purchase of an A3000.  'Cept, of course, I really only have to
give them the cover page of my owners' manual.  This discount is off the
LIST PRICE ONLY (as I understand it), but it's still a good deal.

I'm torn between some disappointment (not like a previous poster) that I
bought an A2500/30 at the end of last year, and some admiration for the
marketing guts (if they don't alienate the dealers with this) to make the
offer.  I've used my A2500/30 profitably, so I don't feel "ripped off",
just a vague "if only....".

Dan Taylor