Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    A similar thing happenned some years back with the C64 when it was
    first released - prices were reasonable - then they skyrocked -
    but within a year they plummeted again.....
    
    lets hope the same can be said for the Amiga...

    re:.0
    
    bring the price into line with the 2500??  How much do they charge
    for that?
    
    -dave

    I just have priced a 2500 with a tradein of my A1000 and was quoted
    a price of $3200 big ones.  Unfortunately this was a little out
    of my range.  The dealer that I talked to kinda mumbled the price
    as he said it.
    
    
    Don...

    
    There's a sinister force at work here; probably greed.
    
    My brother-in-law is a whiz-bang marketeer for Apple.  I love to
    show him my killer A2000 and demand to know how Apple can possibly
    justify $3500 for a tiny Mac SE with a mono screen and 20 meg drive.
    His answer has always been 'because people line up to buy them.'
    
    When I asked aboutthe substantial price cuts recently announced by
    Apple, the answer was '...because sales have dropped off.' 
                                                 
    Ed.

Just called Omnitek two seconds ago. Still $1599 US in Salem, NH. No monitor, no xtra disk.

    My fault for the confusion.  I'm talking Oz dollars (=$US0.89).
    A 2500 is $12,500.
    
    The $A1500 was my NEC Multisync II ($A1100 by mail order) and half
    the Microway deinterlacing board.  I wanted the expandability of
    the 2000, a high res I can use, and Fat Agnes, but now I'm stuck
    with my 512K 1000.  Stuff them.

    Could you save money by buying it in some other country?  If you can
    save more than airfare it can pay for a vacation.  What about
    international mail-order?
        John Sauter

    I need PAL video chips and a 240v/50Hz power supply.  That counts
    the US out, unfortunately.  Britain maybe.

    David,
    	the price was put up after a meeting of dealers last week. One
    dealer told me to get in quick if I wanted to get it at the old
    price. Most dealers hold virtually no inventory here, but this dealer
    said they had around 75 Amiga 2000's. It is Microcomputer Spot in
    Chatswood. You may be lucky if you call them (02)419-2333, no
    guarantees.
    	Also, the price differential is probably a localised attack
    of greed on the part of Commondorks Australia, given past pricing
    performance. Perhaps you should vent your spleen on the Mangling
    Director of said subsidiary, the shifty Mr. Tony Serra (02) 427-4888.
   	Unfortunately a 120volt NTSC Amiga wont fit well with our 240volt
    PAL world.
    
    Best of luck,
    	John Baker
    	SWS/E Sydney    

    Price in the UK is 990 sterling including 2nd drive, no monitor.
    I make that about A$1950. I should think you could get a
    round-the-world ticket for less than the difference between that
    A$4000 !
    
    Seriously, I have done the reverse once, ie. shipped a computer
    I bought while living in Oz to England, and used it no problems
    there (an Apple ][ clone). Power is the same 240V 50Hz and they
    use PAL which I am almost sure is the same, although there are a
    number of different PAL standards, so check further.
     
    
    Colin
                    
    

    re .-1
    
    I can get a return ticket from Sydney to London for less than $A2000!
    
    Maybe I should just pop over? (thinks: can you buy Amigas duty free?
    :-)
    
    When my tax cheque come in I might just contact you.

    How about Singapore?  They use PAL, 240V. 50Hz., and they are a
    lot closer to Australia.

    I wonder why no one replied from Germany, probably the 
    country where Amiga is the most successful!
    A A2000 retails for approx. DM2700 or US$1300. 
    That includes 14% (maybe 15%, I don't live there) tax.
    They will mail it to you tax free, meaning that the whole deal
    will cost you about $1300.
    The A2000 will be PAL, 50Hz, 240V, 1 FDD, 1MB.
       
    Tell me if you want exact prizes or addresses.
       
    Lex
    

    If search around a bit, you can get an A2000 (Ver. B) including
    1084S and 20 MB hard-disk for aprox. DM 3100 ($1700), including
    14% tax.
    If you export it out of Germany, you'll get back the german tax
    (DM 380 i.e. $210), but you'll have to pay the tax for your country.
                                                         
    
    Greetings from Bavaria
    
      Volker