scs@hela.iti.org (Steve Simmons) (04/09/91)
The April 1 issue of Digital Review gives some information on a trade-in
deal for their new workstations.  They're offering $4500 credit for a
DecStation 3100 or Sun SparcStation II.
In the past, these credits were offered on a pre-discount basis.  Thus
your tradein savings were diminished proportionally to your discount.
So say you get a 20% discount, and you trade in.  Here's how your prices
would look with discount applied before and after:
    $11,900.00          $11,900.00
  -  $4,500.00                *.80
    ----------           ---------
     $7,400.00           $9,520.00
          *.80         - $4,500.00
    ----------           ---------
     $5,920.00           $5,020.00
Almost a 20% difference!  At a 40% discount, it's a much bigger difference.
So what's my point?  If you are considering taking HP up on this deal,
drop me a line.  I will give you $4,500.00 cash for that SS-2.  Email
to scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us, or call 313-769-4086.tt@thor.acc.Virginia.EDU (Tang Tang) (04/09/91)
In article <1991Apr8.182137.15909@zip.eecs.umich.edu> scs@hela.iti.org (Steve Simmons) writes: > >The April 1 issue of Digital Review gives some information on a trade-in >deal for their new workstations. They're offering $4500 credit for a >DecStation 3100 or Sun SparcStation II. > >In the past, these credits were offered on a pre-discount basis. Thus >your tradein savings were diminished proportionally to your discount. >So say you get a 20% discount, and you trade in. Here's how your prices >would look with discount applied before and after: > > > $11,900.00 $11,900.00 > - $4,500.00 *.80 > ---------- --------- > $7,400.00 $9,520.00 > *.80 - $4,500.00 > ---------- --------- > $5,920.00 $5,020.00 > >Almost a 20% difference! At a 40% discount, it's a much bigger difference. > >So what's my point? If you are considering taking HP up on this deal, >drop me a line. I will give you $4,500.00 cash for that SS-2. Email >to scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us, or call 313-769-4086. I'm also interested in obtaining a SS-2 this way, and I'll offer an additional $250 for your trouble. Tang Tang University of Virginia Academic Computing Center Internet: tt@virginia.edu Gilmer Hall Bitnet: tt@virginia Charlottesville, Va. 22903 Phone: (804) 924-0632