poirier@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Stephane Poirier) (05/28/91)
I live in canada I bought my 2000 in Canada Can I buy a 3000 under the power-up program using my serial number from my 2000 (or the front page of it's owners manual) ? Does C= allow this? IF they do it would make the trip worth it. -- POIRIER, Stephane Dept. I.R.O., Universite de Montreal E-mail addr: poirier@iro.umontreal.ca --
rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner) (05/29/91)
In article <1991May28.130215.16226@IRO.UMontreal.CA> poirier@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Stephane Poirier) writes: >I live in canada >I bought my 2000 in Canada > >Can I buy a 3000 under the power-up program using my serial number from my >2000 (or the front page of it's owners manual) ? > >Does C= allow this? > >IF they do it would make the trip worth it. > When I powered up, the dealer didn't give a flamed flamingo feather about where I was from or the serial number I wrote down....Its a program they are running for U.S. dealers, and they have to honor the program for you, if you can meet their specs(serial ## on the inside of the front cover). I have friends from England originally that have lived here for a few years with their C64's as well...Pretty neat actually, his C64 would display on all the channels(2 to 13). Plus we have no GST, and whats the exchange, CDN$ .84 to the US$1? That makes the total cost to you CDN$2,230.63(figuring the 4% sales tax of the Great State of Michigan)...Other states have higher sales tax...Like New York State, 6 or 8 percent, add another $20 to $40. Whats one more Canadian doing cross border shopping? I allmost sold my Amiga 2000 to someone from Windsor Ontario. Come over here and spend your money like everyone else, its allmost the "Canadian" thing to do ;-) PLEASE NOTE: I am still waiting for my Amiga 3000/16/50 to come in. Commodore seems to be down for inventory, so NOPLACE can get one shipped until next week I am told. CALL AROUND. I found one in Chicago, Ill., and am in the process of having it mailed to a local branch of the dealer. ALSO in calling around, everyone reports BIG BACKORDERS on the Amiga 3000/16/50..I called EVERY dealer within 300 miles of my house, and could only find one in Chicago..1-800-66-AMIGA is great for finding dealers! WHY doesn't CompUSA sell Amigas, it would make buying one alot easier..I mean, they sell Mac's now?!? -- Ronald Kushner Life In Hell BBS +1 (313) 939-6666 P.O. Box 353 14400 USR HST V.42 & V.42bis Sterling Heights, MI 48311-0353 Complete Amiga Support UUCP: uunet!umich!vela!sycom!rkushner (We are not satanic, just NUTS!)
darrell@comspec.uucp (Darrell Grainger) (05/30/91)
In article <1991May28.130215.16226@IRO.UMontreal.CA> poirier@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Stephane Poirier) writes: >I live in canada >I bought my 2000 in Canada > >Can I buy a 3000 under the power-up program using my serial number from my >2000 (or the front page of it's owners manual) ? > >Does C= allow this? > >IF they do it would make the trip worth it. You can get the Amiga 3000 on the power-up program from a Canadian dealer. Talk to your local Amiga dealer. If you cannot find one then leave me mail at darrell@comspec and I'll ask Commodore Canada for a list of dealers in your area. >-- >POIRIER, Stephane >Dept. I.R.O., Universite de Montreal >E-mail addr: poirier@iro.umontreal.ca >-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Darrell Grainger (darrell@comspec) |Comspec Communications Inc. | | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |Disclaimer: My opinions do not | | (416)617-1475 (416)633-5605 |reflect those of my employer. | |------------------------------------+-------------------------------| | Motorcycle: Honda PC800 | Computer:Amiga 2000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
ewilts@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca (Ed Wilts) (05/30/91)
In article <1991May28.130215.16226@IRO.UMontreal.CA>, poirier@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Stephane Poirier) writes: > I live in canada > I bought my 2000 in Canada > > Can I buy a 3000 under the power-up program using my serial number from my > 2000 (or the front page of it's owners manual) ? > > Does C= allow this? > > POIRIER, Stephane Yes, there is a similar program in Canada. Note that sales promotions normally are country-specific (separate companies within Commodore), but in this case you can call your local dealer for details. Our local dealer has been pushing the deal like crazy. -- .../Ed Preferrred: Ed.Wilts@BSC.Galaxy.BCSystems.Gov.BC.CA Ed Wilts Alternate: EdWilts@BCSC02.BITNET (604) 389-3430 B.C. Systems Corp., 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S8
tcapener@watserv1.waterloo.edu (CAPENER TD - ENGLISH ) (06/03/91)
In article <1991May28.130215.16226@IRO.UMontreal.CA>, poirier@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Stephane Poirier) writes: > I live in canada > I bought my 2000 in Canada > > Can I buy a 3000 under the power-up program using my serial number from my > 2000 (or the front page of it's owners manual) ? > > Does C= allow this? > > IF they do it would make the trip worth it. > > > -- > POIRIER, Stephane > Dept. I.R.O., Universite de Montreal > E-mail addr: poirier@iro.umontreal.ca > -- Actually, C= offered the Power-Up program in Canada from March until 17 May. Don't worry, I never heard about it either until I read the ad for the American Power-Up in AmigaWorld. I went to my dealer on 15 May and got a major run around, but eventually they sold me an A3000 under the Power-Up prices. Great advertising on the part of C= Canada, eh? What's worse, while Compucentre assured me up and down that I could trade in my A2000, my local dealer was adamant that only C64s and C128s could be traded in. Oh well, hope you can get a machine in the states... Travis Capener
dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen) (06/04/91)
In article <cg.1273@ami-cg.UUCP>, cg@ami-cg.UUCP (Chris Gray) writes: > In article <1991Jun3.162433.17823@watserv1.waterloo.edu> > tcapener@watserv1.waterloo.edu (CAPENER TD - ENGLISH ) writes: > > >Actually, C= offered the Power-Up program in Canada from March until 17 May. > >Don't worry, I never heard about it either until I read the ad for the > >American Power-Up in AmigaWorld. I went to my dealer on 15 May and got > >a major run around, but eventually they sold me an A3000 under the Power-Up > >prices. Great advertising on the part of C= Canada, eh? What's worse, > >while Compucentre assured me up and down that I could trade in my A2000, > >my local dealer was adamant that only C64s and C128s could be traded in. > > > >Oh well, hope you can get a machine in the states... > > I wandered into a computer store last Friday and asked about the power-up > program. They said it has been extended until June 31, just like in the U.S. > Delivery was expected to be about 1 week. (This is in Edmonton.) > > For the front page of my ancient A1000 manual plus < $4000 CDN I can get > an A3000-25/50 with A1950. I'm thinking real hard about it. Not sure what > to do with this A2500, however - there are some games I can't run on the > A1000 because it has only 512K, but those same games won't run on the A3000. > I use this system mostly for development, but I do play games some. > > P.S. A question: the offer requires the front page of the manual with a > serial number, supposedly. What serial number? Neither my A1000 page nor > my A2000 page has a machine serial number on it. They both have CBM parts > numbers, copyrights, etc. Is that what is being referred to? (Both of my > machines are fairly old.) Or am I supposed to find the serial number and > just write it on those pages? > > -- > Chris Gray alberta!ami-cg!cg or cg%ami-cg@scapa.cs.UAlberta.CA Yes.
cg@ami-cg.UUCP (Chris Gray) (06/04/91)
In article <1991Jun3.162433.17823@watserv1.waterloo.edu> tcapener@watserv1.waterloo.edu (CAPENER TD - ENGLISH ) writes: >Actually, C= offered the Power-Up program in Canada from March until 17 May. >Don't worry, I never heard about it either until I read the ad for the >American Power-Up in AmigaWorld. I went to my dealer on 15 May and got >a major run around, but eventually they sold me an A3000 under the Power-Up >prices. Great advertising on the part of C= Canada, eh? What's worse, >while Compucentre assured me up and down that I could trade in my A2000, >my local dealer was adamant that only C64s and C128s could be traded in. > >Oh well, hope you can get a machine in the states... I wandered into a computer store last Friday and asked about the power-up program. They said it has been extended until June 31, just like in the U.S. Delivery was expected to be about 1 week. (This is in Edmonton.) For the front page of my ancient A1000 manual plus < $4000 CDN I can get an A3000-25/50 with A1950. I'm thinking real hard about it. Not sure what to do with this A2500, however - there are some games I can't run on the A1000 because it has only 512K, but those same games won't run on the A3000. I use this system mostly for development, but I do play games some. P.S. A question: the offer requires the front page of the manual with a serial number, supposedly. What serial number? Neither my A1000 page nor my A2000 page has a machine serial number on it. They both have CBM parts numbers, copyrights, etc. Is that what is being referred to? (Both of my machines are fairly old.) Or am I supposed to find the serial number and just write it on those pages? -- Chris Gray alberta!ami-cg!cg or cg%ami-cg@scapa.cs.UAlberta.CA