jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) (06/05/90)
I've run into a real problem with the local (and only) Amiga dealer in Houston. If you go in with, for example, the CBM coupon handed out in Music magazines (buy an Amiga and MIDI, CBM buys software is the deal, I think); the price of the Amiga goes *way* up. They told a friend who is about to buy an A2000: "Well, if you have a coupon or a discount, we'll have to charge you list price for all the equipment, which is about $350 more than what we quoted when you asked about the price with no coupon/discount." Now the coupon for the free stuff says that CBM will reimburse the dealer for the full cost of whatever it is that you get free. Is this within the guidelines for the CBM dealer rules? MicroSearch (the store in question) has a set of "list prices", but they never charge them unless you're doing some sort of rebate/free-stuff offer. Other basic question: My friend wants to buy an educational discount Amiga. Our campus computer store does not sell Amigas (or so they think, they're not sure :-). Will he have to go to the local store and threaten them with the wrath of CBM if they refuse to play fair ball? Can he buy it for list and get a rebate from CBM? email, please, unless you think the discussion will interest the net as a whole. -- J. Eric Townsend -- University of Houston Dept. of Mathematics (713) 749-2120 Internet: jet@uh.edu Bitnet: jet@UHOU Skate UNIX(r)