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From: chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Commodore Australia ... on the ball?
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Date: 27 Jun 91 18:05:02 GMT
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billy@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (Jeff Coleman) writes:
>we are talking $800 for an a500 , another $500 for a 1084 
>you can get a 286 with a 40mb HD for about $1500 including monitor....
>so where are these ruinous taxes???
>all prices are high


Where do you get theses prices?  you can walk into any Software Etc. and buy a
500 for $499.00 dollars.  you can buy that 1084 for ~$285.00 dollars.  you can
buy a hard drive and controller for ~$300.00 dollars.  

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