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From: robin@sabre.uucp (Robin D. Wilson/1000000)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software, etc.?
Message-ID: <2883@d75.UUCP>
Date: 20 Dec 89 14:08:38 GMT
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In article <7011@shlump.nac.dec.com> sullivan@nssg.enet.dec.com writes:
>>                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>    I don't know about your area but the Software Etc. near hear only has
>>one rack of amiga software marked "clearance" and no hardware apparent!
>>    I hope that is not the case in other stores/areas.
>
>    In Worcester,MA at the Greendale mall they were at least friendly
>about amigas. They has some sale items there. An A500 on display, and
>a  case of A1010 drives at about $140 each. I got DPaintIII there for
>$99 which was an unadvertized  special  and  the  sales  person  said
>anything  I  don't  see  they  would  order.  They  even  had a WACUG
>(Worcester Area Commodore Users Group) news letter with the Amiga SW.
>
>	-Steve Sullivan


I second the motion FOR Software Etc.  I purchased my A500 from them, and they
have been most helpful.  I had to take back 2 (that's two, count 'em, two) 
A500's and while most places would have made me send it off to get serviced
(or just taken a couple of days to service it in house) Software Etc. willingly
swapped the bad ones for new machines.  Even more important than that, when 
I got mixed up (through a little mis-information) and took only part of the
machine back in (the part with the defect), they let me take a New system home
that day, and return the rest of my system the next day -- on faith alone.

The Software Etc.'s here in Austin have a limited selection of Software for
Amy, but they generally have a reasonable -- albeit not usually discounted
to the level of mail order -- prices; at least reasonable enough so that if
you want it quick, it's only $5 - $10 more than mail-order.

The Austin stores all have A500's setup and demoing software -- usually some 
game -- but then that's what they demo on the PS/2 and IIgs and Mac SE there
as well.  Often times it is the same game -- which makes Amy standout like an
oasis in the desert (a clear favorite among the ooglers, "Wow, look at that
one!").



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