Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!dev8g.mdcbbs.com!rivero Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: NEW Commodore Upgrade for A1000 Owners! Message-ID: <1991May13.124121.1@dev8g.mdcbbs.com> From: rivero@dev8g.mdcbbs.com Date: 13 May 91 12:41:21 GMT References: <53146@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <1991May10.012752.23987@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Organization: McDonnell Douglas M&E, Cypress CA Nntp-Posting-Host: dev8g Nntp-Posting-User: rivero Lines: 38 In article <1991May10.012752.23987@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: > In article mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes: >>In article <53146@nigel.ee.udel.edu> lou@vaxsc writes: >> >> 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. >> >>I think your opinion is wrong. In fact, if you play that game on the >>stock market, it's called insider trading, and you can go to jail for >>it. It's not illegal in this case, though. I'd expect that advance >>notice of sales would be one of the benefits of being a regular >>customer of the store. >> > I agree. The company (CBM in this case) probably new > about the Power Up program a month in advance, or at least had a > strong idea about it. Why would it be unethical for a dealer in a > similar situation to not mention it. Ethics aside, advance notice of a sale does not mean a change of price for the systems currently in the stores inventory. The dealer had to pay full price for them, and it is the nature of retail to sell your current inventory at a FAIR markup prior to taking delivery of discounted systems. If you wanted to carry the situation up a level, imagine how your store owners would feel if they had bought 100 A3000 systems at normal price, then Commodore starts announcing an upcoming sale on TV. The dealers would be stuck with the current inventory, or take zero profit (or even a loss) to sell them before they could get new stock at the discounted price. ========================================================================== \\\\ Michael Rivero | "I drank WHAT!" | "THIS PORTION OF SIG | \ (. rivero@dev8a.mdcbbs | Socrates ------------------- UNDER | )> DISCLAIMER::: |-----------| | CONSTRUCTION | == "Hey man, I wasn't | | | (pardon our | ---/ even here then!" | | | white-out) | ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------+++++++++++++++