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From: phil@titan.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga's Enemy: Another View
Message-ID: <450@dione.rice.EDU>
Date: Fri, 29-May-87 18:46:47 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 29 18:46:47 1987
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Keywords: PRICE INCREASE CONFIRMED!  (the sleazeballs)

I don't even know if this message will make it out of Houston,
but here goes...

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 just got word from our best/most reliable/most enthusiastic local Amiga
dealer Wednesday that the official price of the A2000 will be $1995.  We
were all quite disappointed.  He couldn't stop apologizing to me about it,
because we had been talking for about a month about when it was going to
ship and what discount I would get, etc.  What he heard through his
supplier is that Commodore says they never officially announced a price
until now.  I guess they are implying that either some mag estimated one
or someone at Commodore gave out an unofficial price.  But the retail
price is now officially $1995.

BTW:  I also heard that Commodore is considering a lawsuit against the mag
"Compute!" for publishing the A2000 article before they were supposed to.

A positive counterpoint to all the Amiga dealer bashing is this place
called "Computer Revelations" in Houston.  This is the dealer that I
intend to purchase my 2000 from.  They are *EXTREMLY* gung ho about the
Amiga (although they also sell other Commodore hardware).  They are very
helpful and positive and enthusiastic and are excellent representatives
for the Amiga.  If you are in the Houston area and considering purchasing
an Amiga, check these people out!

			William LeFebvre
			Department of Computer Science
			Rice University
			<phil@Rice.edu>