steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) (12/20/90)
In article <5117@husc6.harvard.edu> aoki@husc9.UUCP (Edwin Aoki) writes:
#>DPI Name: DPI44
#>40 Corning Ave Speed: 20ms
#>Milpitas, CA 95035 Warranty: 2 yr
#>(800) 825-1850 Cost: $739 with one cartridge;
#>(408) 945-1850 $899 with 3 cartridges
#> Cost/Cartridge: $79
#> Additional Costs: $10 with credit card; $30 overnite
#> Software: formatting software
#> Extras:
#> Comments: possible discount for users group members
The November 1990 BMUG newsletter quotes a price of $599 for
BMUG members. Although I am a BMUG member, I purchased a DPI
before this newsletter came out. I was quoted a price of
$649 as an academic price, but I've seen that price advertised
(with one cartridge). I think I was quoted $74 per additional
cartridge.
Moral: It pays to join BMUG and read the newsletter.
Steve Goldfield
College of Engineering
UC Berkeleykhaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw) (12/20/90)
steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes: ->In article <5117@husc6.harvard.edu> aoki@husc9.UUCP (Edwin Aoki) writes: ->#>DPI Name: DPI44 ->#>40 Corning Ave Speed: 20ms ->#>Milpitas, CA 95035 Warranty: 2 yr ->#>(800) 825-1850 Cost: $739 with one cartridge; ->#>(408) 945-1850 $899 with 3 cartridges ->#> Cost/Cartridge: $79 ->#> Additional Costs: $10 with credit card; $30 overnite ->#> Software: formatting software These were the advertised prices in my Feb/Mar 1990 issues of MacWeek. ->The November 1990 BMUG newsletter quotes a price of $599 for ->BMUG members. Although I am a BMUG member, I purchased a DPI ->before this newsletter came out. I was quoted a price of ->$649 as an academic price, but I've seen that price advertised ->(with one cartridge). I think I was quoted $74 per additional ->cartridge. That's odd. I just bought a DPI 44 direct from DPI a few days before Thanksgiving, and it was only $570, no extra charge for credit card. I bought an extra cartridge for $74. Since I'm in the South Bay, I went to Milpitas to pick it up and saved on shipping charges. It was about 3 working days from placing the order to when they had it ready for pick up. The DPI folks called both work and home to track me down (I was at home that day) to let me know it was ready and even apologized that they reached me right at the beginning of rush hour, though it was no fault of theirs! That was a nice touch, since they already had my money and could've just left a message at work for me to find the following week. Moral: It pays to call DPI for their current prices! -- Mike Khaw ParcPlace Systems, Inc., 1550 Plymouth St., Mountain View, CA 94043 Domain=khaw@parcplace.com, UUCP=...!{uunet,sun,decwrl}!parcplace!khaw