| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
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Well, for all you looking for a good deal, I did a little
price checking this weekend. I went to three stores and asked
about used ( trade-in ) Amiga 1000s.
The Software Shop
He expected to have a few for sale this week. He was going
to seel them "as is". He had not set a firm price but thought
about $450.00
General Computer - Framingham Ma.
He had not thought about it much, he did expect to have
some for sale next week. He is going to call me when he sets
a price.
The Memory Location
He will have a few this week. The price will be $500.00 .
He was also giving a 30 day warranty ( in shop ).
The prices were for A1000, 256K, one floppy, manuals.
Steve Peters
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| 731.1 | parts is parts | VIDEO::LEIBOW | Mon Sep 21 1987 18:11 | 2 | |
It might be worthwhile to buy used machines for parts. I wonder
how long service support will be availble for the 1000.
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| 731.2 | Don't worry yet | TLE::RMEYERS | Randy Meyers | Mon Sep 21 1987 19:56 | 18 |
Re: .1 I expect that Commodore will be servicing Amiga 1000 for a while yet. I have heard that they have had a very good record supporting old machines. Also, I think that they don't want the bad image that they would get if Amiga 1000s became unrepairable. That sort of thing doesn't look good if you are trying to break into the business market. For example, I believe that the Amiga 1000 to 2000 "upgrade" program is an example of Commodore trying to polish its image. Business computer companies offer upgrades; toy companies don't. (By the way, I consider the Amiga 1000 to 2000 upgrade to be a good deal from Commodore. It amounts to buying back the Amiga 1000 for $1000. That is roughly what I paid for my Amiga 1000 a year ago. Of course, I consider the Amiga 2000 overpriced at $2000. But, I am considering getting one anyway.) | |||||
| 731.3 | AUNTB::PRESSLEY | Mon Sep 21 1987 23:18 | 4 | ||
I wonder how long this trade-in deal will last? If the a2000 drops
to let's say $1700, you could trade in your a1000 +$700 and get
an a2000 + 1 meg of memory. That would be a good deal for those
of use with just 512k of memory.
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| 731.4 | BAGELS::BRANNON | Dave Brannon | Mon Sep 21 1987 23:54 | 8 | |
re: .3
the deal is $1000 goes to Commodore, not to the dealer. The dealer
profit is on how much he thinks he can sell your A1000 for. Somehow
i don't think that would encourage him to charge less than $1000
for the upgrade, unless he was certain he could sell the A1000 easily.
-dave
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| 731.5 | Remember the VIC-20? | LABC::GRAY | Tue Sep 22 1987 11:09 | 8 | |
Re: .2
CBM serviced their infamous VIC-20 (the first decently-priced color
graphics microcomputer) for years after the system was replaced
by the CBM-64.
Then again we are talking hard-core Tramiel days here.. who knows
what good old Irving will do next.
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