Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!BobR
From: BobR@cup.portal.com (Bob BobR Retelle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: atari exchange
Message-ID: <10532@cup.portal.com>
Date: 27 Oct 88 00:14:23 GMT
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Scott D. Yelich asks 2 questions about the Atari Exchange program:
>MY QUESTION IS:  WHAT IS THE ADDRESS??  NONE of these messages give
>any sort of 1-800 number or address...

Well, Atari Corp doesn't HAVE an 800 numbers anymore...  unfortunately
I can't put my hands on the copy of Michigan Atari Magazine that has
the complete list of exchange prices and the address, but you could try
calling Atari Customer Service at: (408) 745-2367 or  (408) 745-5759
for more information.  They'll exchange any piece of Atari equipment for
a fee, from a 410 cassette recorder and 810 disk drive, all the way up
to a Mega ST4.  The service is *great*, and is especially helpful for
Atari owners who have nowhere else to turn to for service.

>I have another side queston.... if I send atari 5 dead ataris.... can 
>they put toward an ST?

In a word, no...   you get back exactly what you send.  Atari really can't
do it any other way, because it would be competing with its dealers.
If you were to exchange all 5 dead 8-bits, you might be able to sell the
new ones you'd receive for enough to get you started on an ST.  A local
dealer is offering a "4 day Halloween" sale on a Monochrome 520STFM for
$499...  the same price I paid two years ago, but now it comes with a
Double Sided disk drive..!

BobR