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From: casper@targon.UUCP (Casper Jansen)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Re: No Available 1040's - (nf)
Message-ID: <111@targon.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Oct-86 10:37:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: targon.111
Posted: Wed Oct 15 10:37:30 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 15-Oct-86 21:49:11 EDT
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Reply-To: casper@targon.UUCP (Casper Jansen)
Organization: Nixdorf Computer BV., OSP, Vianen, The Netherlands
Lines: 14
Keywords: Atari
Summary: price

In a message it was said that the drop in price of the 1040 could be
due to the very bad sales.
This I know not to be true. One of the main reasons for the 1040 to
drop in price both in Holland as in Germany is that official dealers
had (have?) a lot of competition from non-dealers, who imported the
machine 'illegaly' (outside Atari channels). They would sell it for
a few hundred bucks under de official Atari price. Aparently, this was
the solution to the problem.
The 1040 sells very well (at least in Holland it does).


Casper Jansen
Holland
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