bn@attcc.UUCP (02/01/90)
/* Written 7:30 am Jan 30, 1990 by rumford@afitamy.fidonet.org in attcc.UUCP:comp.s.amiga */ > I was just down at my friendly Commodore Amiga Dealer this > afternoon. > He mentioned to me that he could make my day, if only I was > a student. > Sure enough, I am, and sure enough, he did. Commodore has, > as of a > few days ago, started educational discounts. Since Jan. 2nd........ > Before I start any uproarious whatevers, please consider > this as coming > only from a customer, and don't construe it as an official > announcement, > BUT I do have the form from Amiga; it looks real. I > understand it is > an extension of the discounts Amiga has been giving to > teachers for > quite a while now. > One goes straight to Commodore with your request; you can't > march down > to your dealer and come home with a system. It has to be > shipped to > your dealer, whose responsibility it is to verify that you > are a student. > Now for the prices (that were quoted to me, and AREN'T > OFFICIAL by any Those prices are official and are not changeable > means!) that don't include $30 shipping, or sales tax (if > applicable.) C= charges $15.00 flat shipping fee...if you pay more someone is tapping the till. > 500 system, including > ram expansion > extra drive > 1084 Monitor > for $799 > 2000 system, including: > extra floppy drive > XT Bridgecard > 1084 Monitor > for $1,599 (list is $3,196) > 2000HD system, including: > 2286D AT Bridgecard > 1084 Monitor > for $2,579 (list is $4697) > 2500/30 system, including: > 2286D AT Bridgecard > 1084 Monitor > 3 MB Ram > 40 Meg Hard drive (Quantum, 19ms access time) > all this for...$3,679 (retail: $6697) > If this is all true, Amiga has really got a competitive > system (the > 2500/30 especially) to go head to head with the best of Mac > or NeXT. > Please remember that I could be full of it, my Dealer could > be full of > it, or I might have goofed typing in otherwise correct > prices (I tried > not to.) > I think this is really great news! Here's hoping it's going > to work. This educational plan is working and the best thing they have offered yet. --- D'Bridge 9.20-beta/002094 -- Don Rumford - via FidoNet node 1:110/300 UUCP: uunet!dayvb!afitamy!rumford ARPA: rumford@afitamy.fidonet.org ---------> The AFIT Amiga Users BBS/UFGateway Dayton, Oh. 1:110/300 /* End of text from attcc.UUCP:comp.s.amiga */
wendell@medsys.uucp (Wendell Dingus) (02/07/90)
Question: Is there any way to take advantage of the student pricing deal if there are *no* local dealers in your area? There is one Software Etc. store within a 300 mile radius of here that sells Amigas. They say they "are not participating in that deal". Now this store does a HUGE amount of business, and sells LOTS of machines. Many more could be sold via the student discounts by people I know that just won't pay the higher price. Concerning the Software Etc. chain, is the deal left up to the local or area store manager's discretion? The Manager of this particular store is the wife of the local Atari User Group's president... as a side effect, 9 out of 10 employees own ST's or Atari 8 bits. Don't get me wrong, they sell lots of Amigas, but they don't exactly go out of their way to do so if you know what I mean :-) It all boils down to the question of getting the discount direct from Commodore or via mail order? Any ideas? Thanks... ----- Wendell Dingus ...uunet!medsys!wendell
jamesd@techbook.UUCP (James Deibele) (02/10/90)
In article <1990Feb7.002103.3554@medsys.uucp> wendell@medsys.uucp (Wendell Dingus) writes: [...] >price. Concerning the Software Etc. chain, is the deal left up to the >local or area store manager's discretion? The Manager of this particular store >is the wife of the local Atari User Group's president... as a side effect, >9 out of 10 employees own ST's or Atari 8 bits. Don't get me wrong, they >sell lots of Amigas, but they don't exactly go out of their way to do >so if you know what I mean :-) When I left Software Etc. (was still known as B. Dalton Software Etc. when I took off), the number of things left to the store manager were steadily decreasing, and I have little doubt that the manager can't do much of anything without drawing the wrath of her bosses. Software Etc. doesn't pay commissions. I liked that, because it didn't make much difference to me whether you bought something or not. We'd open as many programs as you wanted to try out, rather than pushing you to buy something and leave so we could grab the next customer. On the other hand, it means that employees get paid diddly squat --- they can either pay for the high rents in the malls or good employees. Guess which one B. Dalton goes for? Because they don't pay anything, they expect droids. They're usually right. You might bump into a good employee here and there, but by and large, they're people who might as well as be flipping burgers --- after all, the burger machines are computerized these days too. -- jamesd@techbook.UUCP ...!tektronix!nosun!techbook!jamesd TECHbooks: The Computer Book Specialists - Voice: +1 503 646-8257 12600 SW 1st - Beaverton, OR - 97005