| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
I notice a HUGE difference in prices at the local Amiga shops. For
example, Memory Location charges $195 for AC/BASIC, less a member's
discount the price is about $181. However, the Software Shop in
Worcester is selling it for $149. I would imagine that getting local
shops to be more competitive would be a rather simple task ... shop
at those stores that are offering the best value. That is the American
way - isn't it? I don't understand how the Memory Location can get away
with charging near or at list price for their software -- guess there
are a lot of saps out there who don't mind spending the extra dollars
for the exact same piece of software they can purchase for far less
a few miles away! Well, the competition of a few more Amiga shops
will do OUR economy some good!
Paul
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| 528.1 | Yeah, but... | HOUSE::FRACTAL | Fri Jun 05 1987 03:07 | 12 | |
I noticed this too. But really, where are you going to find
salesmen(women) that are that helpful. I think their efforts are
worth the extra ten for a game or utility. But thats as far as it
goes. I would definately not buy hardware from them. (You should
have seen the salesman's eyeballs pop out when I told him I could
get the CP6 for 549$.)
ph
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| 528.2 | ... | LEDS::ACCIARDI | Fri Jun 05 1987 04:11 | 23 | |
Re: .0
Don't forget, Paul, that the Software Shop is more of a garage (or
Church) operation than the Memory Location. Moe (of the Software
Shop) really is not all that knowledgeable, and has meager offerings
for hardware. For software, they're hard to beat.
For the unitiated, the Memory Location is a much better place to
go to find out what printers work best, who has the fastest hard
drive, which MIDI port is the best etc..
For that service, you'll have to spend a few more dollars.
What I really resented in a big way was shelling out list price
for my Amiga in 10/85 to Computerland, only to find that they had
not one person who had a clue as to what the Amga ws. Worse, they
took 8 weeks to repair a friend's floppy by swapping it with a new
one. Then, last fall, they had the inmitigated gall to try to sell
me an Apple ][GS, telling me that it was everything the Amiga should
have been and then some... I'm still doing a slow burn over THAT..
By the way, my brother-in-law reports that Apple is having BIG problems
selling the ][GS.
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