mjsagar@sandia.gov (9123 SAGARTZ, MATHIAS J.) (11/20/89)
Went down to our local Connecting Point dealer to find out if they really did sign on with CBM. They told me that such an arrangement had been made but the manager also told me that "I won't sell them (Amigas and/or clones). There's no software." I don't know if it's the same everywhere but arround here we're still stuck with a dealer who is a case study for what's wrong with Commodore. The Connecting Point outlet here in Albuquerque is primarily an Apple dealer with a small slice of MS-DOS.
johann@mechp17.UUCP (Fred Johannessen) (11/22/89)
>/ mechp17:comp.sys.amiga / mjsagar@sandia.gov (9123 SAGARTZ, MATHIAS J.) / 9:43 am Nov 19, 1989 / > > Went down to our local Connecting Point dealer to find >out if they really did sign on with CBM. They told me that such >an arrangement had been made but the manager also told me that "I >won't sell them (Amigas and/or clones). There's no software." I >don't know if it's the same everywhere but arround here we're >still stuck with a dealer who is a case study for what's wrong >with Commodore. The Connecting Point outlet here in Albuquerque >is primarily an Apple dealer with a small slice of MS-DOS. Speaking of Connecting Point... Here in Seattle they sell half Amigas and half IBM clones. The prices on Amigas seem reasonable but their sales techniques seem a bit slick (too slick) to me. Do they have any kind of reputation? ----------
usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (11/24/89)
I think I agree with you about Connecting Point's sales techniques. The
store here just got their Amigas in a couple of weeks ago. I called and
the guy I talked to started promising a *student* discount that would
get me the lowest price around. I figured I'd go in and check it out.
Well, first off they hadn't really learned how to operate the Amiga, but
I thought, hey, it's new to them. I played around with it, kinda
comparing what I'd learned about it since I started looking at buying
one to what they told me. After about 15 minutes I asked about the
pricing and got a figure, with the stunning educational (or actually
Christmas; the sale price was lower) discount, and it was *higher* than
the other local dealers' normal prices. I think it's just 'cause they
haven't been dealing the Amiga for very long, but you'd think if you
were going up against established stores you'd at least check their
pricing and make sure your 'discounted' price were competitive, before
you start luring customers in with it. I chalk it up to inexperience,
but all the same the misleading promises have convinced me to look
elsewhere.
John Hensley (once again borrowing this account; is this OK, or should I
not? It's impossible to get an account if yer not an
engineering student here.)pete%i-core.uucp@cunyvm.cuny.edu (12/07/89)
In article <4450@nigel.udel.EDU>, mjsagar@sandia.gov (9123 SAGARTZ, MATHIAS J.) > > Went down to our local Connecting Point dealer to find >out if they really did sign on with CBM. They told me that such >an arrangement had been made but the manager also told me that "I >won't sell them (Amigas and/or clones). There's no software." I >don't know if it's the same everywhere but arround here we're >still stuck with a dealer who is a case study for what's wrong >with Commodore. The Connecting Point outlet here in Albuquerque >is primarily an Apple dealer with a small slice of MS-DOS. So beat him about the head and neck with a slice of Amiga Evangelism. Bring in the Fall Amazing Computing review of hardware/software available for the Amiga. I myself was amazed to see the size of this sucker.