Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!stc!hardware From: hardware@tcom.stc.co.uk (Group login for Hard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Trying to reach Christopher Brand, wizard@sosaria Keywords: Desperately seeking for Chris Brand Message-ID: <1794@bute.tcom.stc.co.uk> Date: 26 Sep 89 11:11:09 GMT References: <25493@santra.UUCP> Reply-To: hardware@tcom.stc.co.uk (Group login for Hard) Organization: STC Telecoms, London N11 1HB. Lines: 66 In article <25493@santra.UUCP> t35033u@saha.hut.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi) writes: > >Awfully sorry to send this here, but my mail keeps bouncing back. > >So if you are not today in the mood of being Christopher Brand, Berne, > And why is this so interesting you may ask ? stuff about prices deleted.. > > Errr...promise not laugh...in Finland, the market of Commodore > > products is monopolised by a single company. The result is > > obvious: prices are horrifying. > > Same examples : Amy 500 WITH ONLY 512 kB RAM WITHOUT RGB-monitor > > costs 900 US$. Yes, you read correctly. Nine hundred dollars. > > Oh yes, one can buy the 512 kB additional RAM with battery-backuped > > clock (for 225 US$) and some RGB-CRT (e. g. Philips) (for 350 US$) > > Simple additions and presto -- the same combination you claim > > to cost 950 US$ costs us in here 1475 US$. You see know why we > > are more than curious about your article. The ratio gets even > > worse when going to more advanced gadgetry --- > > Amy 2000 here about 2250 US$ (cf. your 1250), not to mention that > > as in the lil' Amy case -- RGB monitor not included > These prices are ridiculous, let me quote you some UK prices - these are the cheapest that I know of and I am qouting from memory. I have assumed an exchange rate of US$1.6 == 1 Pound Sterling. Amiga A500 standard 0.5 Mb + Modulator - US$528. Amiga B2000 standard 1 Mb - US$1344 (not much demand so price is higher). A590 Hard Drive Plus - US$544. 1/2 Mb expansion with clock for A500 (not Commodore) - US$132 Monitor 1084S / Phillips 8842 ? - $320. External Drive (not Commodore) - US$126. These prices are the result of extreme competition so shopping around can get you even better deals. I bought my A500 / 1084 from a shop in Tottenham Court RD in London which has about 30 electical shops in close proximity all trying to sell the same products so by going from shop to shop I got a very good deal, of course buying on the cheap could result in a lack of user support but you don't get much of that from shops in this country anyway as far as I have managed to find! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Mitchell Design Engineer - STC Telecoms , London , England. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------