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From: lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga's Enemy: Another View
Message-ID: <12236@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: Sun, 24-May-87 14:20:25 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 24 14:20:25 1987
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Reply-To: lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac)
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In article <490@ucsbcsl.UUCP> hbo@ucsbcsl.UUCP (Howard Owen) writes:
>
>   Speaking of the dealers not making money, I just heard a rumor that
>Commodore has raised the suggested retail prices on the A500 and A2000 to
>$699.95 and $1995.00 respectively. The other peripheral goodies are supposed
>to go up too. For example, the 512K RAM card for the 500 is quoted at $199.95.
>Does anyone have some (semi-)authoritative information on this subject. Is
>anyone else as *FURIOUS* as I am about the possibility of eleventh hour 
>price hikes?

I have a lot stronger words than FURIOUS, but I would get banned from the
net more than likely.

I have heard this "rumor" from quite a few different people.  It seems that
current Amiga dealer received a list recently with the retail prices of the
new  Amiga hardware.  Sidecar was supposedly listed for ~$900.

One rumor I heard said that CBM was ticked that mail-order places were 
advertising the A2000 for less than the A1000 currently retails for, so they
went and raised it.  You can believe this one or not...

All I can say is that I heard West Chester made some distinct improvements
on the A2000 that was reviewed by all the mags.  But the improvements I heard
don't justify a $500 increase.

I for one would like to hear a comment on this policy from CBM.



-- 
		"Truth is false and logic lost..."
					- Neil Peart
	(who at the time didn't realize he was talking about RU)
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