[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Cheap PC/XT's from mail order...

dan@rna.UUCP (Dan Ts'o) (10/06/89)

	FYI, in the latest issue of PC Mag, a mail order company, CMO
(Computer Mail Order), made a mistake in their ad for PC/XT's and their
systems that usually sell for $679 without hard disk (an average low
price for mail order) was advertised as including a 20Mb hard disk (similar
mistakes were made for other video and disk capacities).
	I called them and they were aware that they made this error and
decided that for the month of October, they would honor these prices,
sort of. To lessen the damage, they won't include the monitor. The
monitor (monochrome) sells for $70.
	Bottom line, you can get, til the end of October, a PC/XT with
monochrome video and monitor and 20Mb hard disk for $760. The normal
price is $950. (Other disk and video prices are also low because of
this mistake.) I have heard of friends buying stuff from CMO with good
results.
				Cheers,
				Dan Ts'o		212-570-7671
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