Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.dal.ca!iisat!kevin
From: kevin@iisat.UUCP (Kevin Davies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Is there really no better value?
Summary: Tandy (InterTan), Canada
Keywords: TANDY PRICES
Message-ID: <457@iisat.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 89 20:45:27 GMT
References: <1454@csm9a.UUCP> <2537@maccs.McMaster.CA> <1371@bucket.UUCP>
Organization: International Information Service, Dart., NS
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In article <1371@bucket.UUCP>, leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes:
> In article <2537@maccs.McMaster.CA> cs3b3aj@maccs.UUCP writes:
> 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.

Tandy in Canada (really under the name InterTan) buys its computers from
Tandy in the U.S. -- almost like buying wholesale.  Both firms, Tandy(US) and
InterTan are seperate companies and the about the only physical link is the
name on the computers that are sold here in Canada.

As some of you may notice, the new products of '89 are coming out with new
logos on them which consists of an I and a T in a graphical form. This
is the InterTan trademark.  As a result, many products south of the border
are not sold in Canada (for varying reasons).

A good example is the CoCo series, which is now discontiued in Canada and
is no longer sold, whereas Tandy (US) still produces and sells them.
This coming year should see many changes in InterTan in Canada with
new products not necessarily sold in the US.

P.S.:  InterTan is now on the stock market (N.Y. ?) after only about
3 years of business.  in six months, from ~$31 to present ~$45.
-- 
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