Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!princeton!njin!aramis.rutgers.edu!porthos.rutgers.edu!koeppel From: koeppel@porthos.rutgers.edu (jess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga dealers Message-ID: Date: 3 Nov 88 02:39:13 GMT References: <26615@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <5959@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <5154@cbmvax.UUCP> Organization: Betelgeuse 5(Third cousin of ZB) Lines: 35 I was thinking of buying an A500. As a matter of fact, I was ready to buy it before I walked into the store. The store was DOS Computer Center on Rt. 22 in N.J. I had seen the 500 advertised for $700 and had read on the net various reports of prices around $600. The store had been suggested by an Amiga enthusiast (I assume - he appears to run the Jersey Amiga Users Group) so I was expecting decent service and good prices. Well, I was terribly dissapointed. The salesman wouldn't shut up about different promotions and deals that were avalable. I said "Look, I know what I wnat already. I'd like to buy the A500, no extra anythings, o.k.?" He went on to insist that I would need such and such and how could I pass up this offer... Well, he finished by saying "So, that comes to $1300." "No", I said, "I came in willing and wanting to spend 6 to 7 hundred because that's what I've got to spend right now and I know exactly what I expect to get from it, and that's just fine." "But..." I wouldn't let him continue - I said that we'd have to think about it. I regret having been so nice. I haven't been able to find any other place to buy an Amiga around here. Can they be bought directly from the company? Would that by any chance be cheaper? How much can I really expect to pay for an A500? Did people really get them for $600? Actually, never mind some of those questions, some of my situations have changed recently, and it looks like I'll be willing to wait a little longer and get the A2000. So reapply those questions to the A2000. How much can I expect to pay for one? Where can I get one? I am more than willing to go into New York City if that would be cheaper. (Or even just possible) I _will not_ go back to DOS Computer Center. I was truly not impressed at all. It might be easier if you reply to send e-mail to me in addition to posting. This group gets so much, I only get to read it when I've got enough time, and that's not very often. Thanks in advance. jess koeppel@porthos.rutgers.edu or any rutgers UNIX machine