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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Look out for this mail order company!
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Date: 9 May 88 17:54:00 GMT
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In my search to purchase a copy of Ashton-Tate's FullWrite Professional,
I've been calling up all the reputable (in my experience) mail order
companies; at the time of this writing, they either haven't got it or are
out of stock.  The list price for FullWrite is $395; those that I called who
didn't have it in stock were selling it for about $259.

Anyway, I decided to try out MacWarehouse, the new company in New Jersey
which runs the big ads in MacUser and (I think) MacWorld.  Called them up,
and they said they had it in stock.  Asked the sales represenative how much
and she said "$395"!  After a few minutes of shock, I asked if she was sure
of this -- I pointed out that $395 was the *list* price for the program, and
that I assumed their prices were marked down some (they are in the ads).
She said "Well, it's the manafacturers suggested retail price."  I said I'd
do business elsewhere, thanks.

Hell, even BusinessLand sells it for cheaper.  Take my advice, and if you
have to do business with these highball dingos, shop around.  I hope their
pricing system puts 'em out of business soon.

                        "Bring the little ones unto me, and I will get a
                         good price for them."

                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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