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From: sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun Control is a firm grip)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: 3000 Backlogs
Message-ID: <1991Jun8.130424.11389@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 8 Jun 91 13:04:24 GMT
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In article <1991Jun8.044641.29667@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>In article <1991Jun8.031713.3950@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, I write:
>>
>>A friend of mine ordered a 3000 last monday on the powerup deal<he also has a
>>5 meg 2000 with an 85 megger...>
>>
>>Incidentally, orders of 40 3000's a day are being sent in to commodore
>>explaining to him why his 3000 is on a 2 week <or so> backlog. He aint too
>>happy because he already paid for it but I explained to him I waited 2 weeks
>>for my 500 to be filled from stock at Amaginations when I ordered it via
>>Educational Discount in November... then I added how long people were waiting
>>for their 040 Nexts and apparantly the deluge of orders for Mac Classics 
>>resulted in a rather long wait if a store I called was accurate <a 1 month long
>>backlog if I remember right>
>>
>>We might hit the 1 million mark this year <in the US and 4 million worldwide>
>>if this continues...
>
>   I very much doubt that.  Assuming the figure for 720,000 Amigas in the U.S.
>is correct (I doubt it is, becaue I don't think there are yet that many Amigas
>in North America, let alone in the U.S.), then Commodore would have to sell
>almost half as many Amigas in the remaining six months of this year as they
>have sold in the previous five years COMBINED.  

Well the US has 650,000 or so amigas as of May 1st, and considering the new low
cost of the amiga <~$400 for a 500!> it seems that that figure is certainly
attainable. The rate that commodore is selling 3000's would give them over
12000 units a year and I can only guess the 500 is selling alot better.

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