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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Computerland pulls out of the Amiga Market?
Message-ID: <1056@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Dec-86 19:02:51 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1056
Posted: Thu Dec  4 19:02:51 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 5-Dec-86 04:22:51 EST
References: <1986Nov29.125248.15249@utcs.uucp>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1986Nov29.125248.15249@utcs.uucp> wagner@utcs.uucp (Michael Wagner) writes:
>
>I called my local dealer today, and he told me that, as of yesterday,
>Computerland doesn't handle Amigas any more.  Not here in Canada, not
>in the states; nowhere.
>
>The reason given by headquarters is that the price of the Amiga has
>dropped too low.
>
>Does anyone know any more about this?  Can anyone make any sense out
>of the reason?
>
>Michael Wagner (wagner@utcs)

It should be pointed out that Computerland has never carried the Amiga
in the US.  A chain like Computerland tends to keep a pretty narrow
focus, so maybe they just couldn't fit something as radical as the Amiga
into their IBM/clone/Apple view of the world...
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