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From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Experiences with a new Mac II
Message-ID: <319@mcdsun.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 27-Jun-87 22:58:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: mcdsun.319
Posted: Sat Jun 27 22:58:26 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 1-Jul-87 02:36:12 EDT
References: <3304@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> <1075@ccicpg.UUCP> <3347@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division
Lines: 29
Keywords: macII,macintosh

In article <3347@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) writes:
>While a recent posting suggested that the Apple monitor produces
>better results, I don't intend to leave my Mac II idle for 2
>months waiting for a monitor.  It looks like the Sony -- the best
>third-party monitor I can find -- instead.

Another possibility, unless you absolutely must have color now, is to
coerce your dealer into loaning you a monochrome monitor while the color
one is on backorder.  After some negotiation, I got MicroAge to toss in
a free upgrade to an 80Mb disk (paid for the 40Mb), a loaner monochrome
monitor until the color one is delivered, a free 1Mb upgrade, and a
free copy of Excel (did I spell that right, haven't even opened it yet
but wanted *something* to run on my new toy and they had a stack of them,
and if it doesn't run I can take it back for something else), and a free modem
cable (yea I know, big deal).  Considering the current supply situation
I was rather amazed that they were even willing to negotiate. Then, just
to make sure I was starting from a "fair" market price, called a half
dozen other Mac II dealers and was quoted prices up to $1500 more for
the same configuration (before tossing in the freebees), so figured I
got up to $3000 off the suggested list price.  Maybe I just got a wimp
salesperson, or maybe the rumors of huge profit margins really are true.

-Fred


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