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From: jason@cbmami.UUCP (Jason Goldberg)
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Subject: Re: About to Power Up: Give 'em the money first?
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Date: 26 Jun 91 11:51:40 GMT
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In article <1991Jun25.031909.14267@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu>, Todd Masco writes:

> In article <6601@trantor.harris-atd.com> mwills@x102a (wills ms 01309) writes:
> >Just as a sanity check... I'm about to "Power Up" from my Amiga 1000
> >to an Amiga 3000-25/50 and the dealer wants all the money up front,
> >even though he estimates that I won't receive the machine until mid
> >July.
> >
> On the other hand, I paid for it when I got it -- the way it worked
> was that CBM sent one machine, she sold it, and requested another
> machine.  Repeat as necessary.  It sounds like either your dealer is
> pulling a fast one or CBM has changed how things work (which *is*
> possible -- there was a meeting of CBM execs a couple days after I got
> mine, I'm told to discuss distribution problems).  It's also possible
> that an up-front payment is required for anything past Jun 30.

    I think your are running into dealers with limited cash flow (a common
problem for anyone, especially Amiga dealers).  A dealer can purchase as
many A3000's under PowerUp pricing as they like, in advance.  Then if they
sell fewer (under power-up) they have to keep the extra units and pay the
difference between their normal pricing and the PowerUp pricing.  So a
dealer with a good cash flow, can deliever your unit the day you walk into
the store with your manual cover.  Dealers who can't afford to stock many
units probably order as they go, and may need some of the money upfront
either to pay for the order or as a security against you backing out.
    After June 30, it gets even more interesting since dealers are allowed
to sell PowerUp deals all the way through July, but must have ordered all
their PowerUp units by June 30.  So dealers without much money/credit will
not be offering PowerUp deals very far into July, while dealers that afford
to order extra untils may be setting PowerUp system all the way through
the end of July.

-Jason-

-Jason-

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Jason Goldberg				UUCP: ucsd!serene!cbmami!jason
Del Mar, CA