jlille@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Jeff Lille) (05/10/91)
From article <1991May9.174838.10608@uncecs.edu>, by urjlew@uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj): > > > This C= upgrade offer is so generous that it almost defies a rational > explanation. It is open to all, and seems to be more generous than > their educational discount. > So I wonder if the following is a feasible legal thing to do? > Get a first A3000 using say a VIC20, and then chain several further > A3000 purchases using the covers of the preceding A3000 for each > succeding one. Then sell the extra A3000s to other students, splitting > the savings with them.??? > Why do you suppose C= ever decided to offer such a sales promotion??? > Since one doesn't have to give up the old hardware, it does not help > them get rid of those gripes about the abandonment of obsolete > machines. So perhaps they make a healthy profit anyways at the promo > prices and the "send in the manual cover" part is just a gimmick. Look at the sales figures for A3000's in the United States... If you can use a gimmick to sell a machine, use it I say :). It _does_ get rid of the problem concerning abandonment of older machines... you have a 3000, use it! No reason to rely on the older hardware, but you still have it (besides real Amiga owners would never abandon their old machine... we love them like family :>). Regarding using the A3000 manual covers: I've never seen anything saying you could use 3000's in the deal, I think it's just <3000. Just as the deal only applies to the 3000 (you can't get a 2500 or 2000 in the deal). Look at things this way, has Apple or IBM or HP ever said 'here's $1500 dollars of your next purchase of our newer machine, oh, and keep your old too'? I don't think so. In fact to upgrade a Mac you pay Mac prices to buy a new one and use the old one to hold your books up, or swap mother boards.
accangel@amix.commodore.com (Mark Gardner) (05/10/91)
urjlew@uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj) writes: > > > This C= upgrade offer is so generous that it almost defies a rational > explanation. It is open to all, and seems to be more generous than > their educational discount. > So I wonder if the following is a feasible legal thing to do? > Get a first A3000 using say a VIC20, and then chain several further > A3000 purchases using the covers of the preceding A3000 for each > succeding one. Then sell the extra A3000s to other students, splitting > the savings with them.??? No go. Can't be anything above an Amiga 2000 series. > Why do you suppose C= ever decided to offer such a sales promotion??? > Since one doesn't have to give up the old hardware, it does not help > them get rid of those gripes about the abandonment of obsolete > machines. So perhaps they make a healthy profit anyways at the promo > prices and the "send in the manual cover" part is just a gimmick. Perhaps they just want to flood the market with Amiga 3000's, and stop current users' gripes about a difficult upgrade path. Shoot, if you can KEEP your old computer, no need to worry about compatibility. And you know, these A3000's with the Power Up program make nice, fairly affordable graduation presents. <hint, hint, mom & dad> > And a couple of questions of on a tangent: > How is C= stock doing just now? and What's new about the possible > Sony C= takeover? and How would this promo affect the stock price > and thus any takeover calculations? :-) Can't help you there. Anyone follow the NYSE around here? -Mark Gardner accangel@undrground.uucp "NeXT sells you a rock. AMIGA sells you a ROCKET!" ---------- Mark Gardner UUCP: uunet!cbmvax!amix!undrground!accangel Internet: undrground!accangel@amix.commodore.com