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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Is there really no better value?
Keywords: TANDY PRICES
Message-ID: <1371@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 89 18:34:38 GMT
References: <1454@csm9a.UUCP> <2537@maccs.McMaster.CA>
Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR
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In article <2537@maccs.McMaster.CA> cs3b3aj@maccs.UUCP writes:
<>Total System: ~ $2100
<                 $3200 Cdn + memory upgrade
<
<>Compare this with:
<>IBM PS/2 model 30 package:
<>Cost: $1800
<
<Yeah ... you know you're charging far too much when IBM's cheaper than
<you are.  I think I could get a 10 MHz 8088 clone with the same features
<as the Tandy for under $2000 Cdn ... my 12 MHz AT clone with 44M 25 ms
<hard drive, Herc clone, monitor, 640K, 1.2M drive, 2 parallel, 1 serial,
<1 game only cost me $2400 Cdn!
<
<I can see why someone might want to buy a name brand computer (because
<you figure they'll be there if the thing breaks, and also some people
<don't have faith in the quality or legality of clones), but why Tandy
<would price their systems above IBM's is beyond me, too.

I suspect that a lot of the reason for the high prices in Canada is that
while IBm has a Canadian division that may be "producing" the PS/2's sold
ther, Tandy doesn't! This would make a major difference in the import
tarriffs.


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