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From: elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Bundled Software
Message-ID: <1282@killer.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Aug-87 02:04:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: killer.1282
Posted: Tue Aug  4 02:04:57 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Aug-87 02:06:17 EDT
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in article <13635@topaz.rutgers.edu>, lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) says:
$ In article <17701UH2@PSUVM> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes:
$>The Amiga Dealer here in Erie PA just showed me something pretty
$>interesting--there is a software bundle deal coming for the A500.
$>I haven't got the exact deals here in front of me, but most of this
$>is correct.
$>     
$>For $199 you get
$>   Wordperfect
$>   MaxiPlan 500
$>   SuperBase
$>   Diga!
$>   DeluxePaint II
$>   CLIMate
$ 
$ Whoa, where's my credit card!  Your telling me that someday soon new A500
$ users will be able to get about $600 worth of software for $200??
$ THIS one I'll believe when I see it.
$ I ain't holding my breath.

Well, I'm the treasurer and Technical Consultant for the Acadiana Commodore
Computer Club, and I can definitely say that yes, Commodore asked us for our
mailing list, which we sent them, and yes, a week after that, Commodore sent
us the details of the offer, which are close to what is mentioned above (I
believe the price mentioned was $299, though -- unfortunately, I sent my copy
of the letter to the newsletter editor so she could put it in the next
edition). Unless someone stole a bunch of stationary from West Chester and
started sending fake mail, I must assume that Commodore is serious about this
offer. Note that it is ONLY available to user group members, and it is too
late to join your local user group now -- we already sent in our mailing
lists! Commodore supposedly is going to directly mail the actual certificates
etc. to the people on the mailing list. All in all, it seems like a pretty
good way to get the Commodore 64/Commodore 128 people to upgrade to the Amiga
500... most of them have been saying "Yeah, an Amiga would be nice, but what
about all our SOFTWARE that we've spent years accumulating?!".
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