wiseman@tellab5.TELLABS.COM (Jeff Wiseman) (12/13/89)
Somethings seems really wrong here (or right, depending on how you look at it). Yesterday I was talking to my Dad who lives in Prince George, British Colombia, Canada. That's about 500 miles north-north-east of Seattle, Wash. As I talked to him, he read an ad out of the daily paper from one of the local Mac stores about fantastic year-end prices. New Imagewriter II's were advertised at $250 CDN ($750 off suggested list price)! Now the $1000 suggested list seemed to be par for the course for buying mac stuff in Canada (it's been a while since I was there last), but $250 sale prices? Are there any year-end specials in the U.S. like this going on?? (With the recent discussions on Imagewriter repairs, I thought that I might get a second at this price to use for spare parts :-) :-)! -- Jeff Wiseman: ....uunet!tellab5!wiseman OR wiseman@TELLABS.COM
mart@csri.toronto.edu (Mart Molle) (12/13/89)
In article <1859@tellab5.TELLABS.COM> wiseman@tellab5.TELLABS.COM (Jeff Wiseman) writes: >about fantastic year-end prices. > >New Imagewriter II's were advertised at $250 CDN ($750 off suggested list >price)! > >Now the $1000 suggested list seemed to be par for the course for buying mac >stuff in Canada (it's been a while since I was there last), but $250 sale >prices? I saw similar ads in the Toronto papers last week. But it's just one of those ``one cent suit sales''. You buy a Mac (anything but a Plus or a IIci) at the REGULAR PRICE and get a good deal on a [soon to be discontinued? :-)] Apple printer bought at the same time. Mart L. Molle Computer Systems Research Institute University of Toronto Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4 (416)978-4928
rsutc@fornax.UUCP (Rick Sutcliffe) (12/14/89)
In article <1859@tellab5.TELLABS.COM>, wiseman@tellab5.TELLABS.COM (Jeff Wiseman) writes: > New Imagewriter II's were advertised at $250 CDN ($750 off suggested list > price)! You didnt read the fine print. You have to buy a Mac to get those printer prices. Rick Sutcliffe
gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (12/15/89)
It just astounds me that Apple is still selling the same low-end printer technology (the imagewriter) SIX YEARS AFTER IT WAS DESIGNED. To avoid dying, most printer companies are forced to improve their products every 2 years or so. The Imagewriter II is the most shameful part of the macintosh computer system.