| Title: | Welcome to the CD Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome to COOKIE |
| Moderator: | COOKIE::ROLLOW |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Mar 03 1989 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1517 |
| Total number of notes: | 13349 |
I WAS going to buy a Sony D10 in New York when I am holiday there
in June (from the UK), but I don't know whether the new import tariff
on Japanese goods in the US extends to CD players. There hasn't
been much detail here about the tarriffs - only small TVs and PCs.
Are they the only items affected? Anyone have a more detailed list?
Also, can anyone recommend a good place to get a D10 in New York
and what I should expect to pay? (They have only just appeared here
and are selling at 299 PDS - about $480! - including the NiCad battery
pack, I think. (Its called the D100 here - maybe a bigger number
to justify the bigger price!)
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| 728.1 | CRISIS::OCONNOR | Plate of Shrimp | Tue Apr 21 1987 09:39 | 3 | |
The D10 is $320 at Lechmere's in New Hampshire. Got any friends up north? | |||||
| 728.2 | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Tue Apr 21 1987 11:52 | 8 | |
The import tariffs don't apply to CD players.
I've seen the D-10 advertised as low as $259 from some of the
New York mail-order firms. You could probably find a price
between that and $299 without too much trouble. But be aware
that there's something like 9% tax in New York City.
Steve
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| 728.3 | Tariff list | USRCV1::CARNELLP | Fanmail from some flounder | Tue Apr 21 1987 23:22 | 16 |
Just for the record, the tariffs apply to:
16-bit Lap-top and Desk-top computers
18", 19", and 20" television sets
and electric drills
What the last one has to do with reducing the competition in the
IC market is beyond me!
Also, Sony appears to be excluded from the tariffs because they
have a plant in California. Other firms may also be excluded if
they have plants outside Japan.
Paul.
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| 728.4 | Sam, you made the bus too wide | LYMPH::DICKSON | Network Design tools | Wed Apr 22 1987 17:24 | 4 |
Note that the tariffs apply to lap-top and desk-top computers with a BUS WIDTH of 16 or greater. Not CPU register width. So 8088 and 8080A machines are not affected. | |||||
| 728.5 | Advice from a former "New Yawker" | EXODUS::LEVY | Jon Levy | Thu Apr 23 1987 19:08 | 28 |
The sales tax rate in New York City is 8 1/4%
You *can* get a better deal if you pay cash (i.e. Federal Reserve
Notes, not Traveler's Checks or plastic), but negotiate your best
price first. Then, ask for a cash discount.
The Arts & Leisure Section (Section 2) of the Sunday New York Times, back
2 pages, usually have ads from a half dozen places. In addition,
47th St. Photo usually has two-page ads somewhere in the news section
(Section 1, which comes in multiple parts). Most of these places
will bargain, regardless of what price their ad said. From their
point of view, they're just selling "boxes," not Discmen, computers,
cameras, vcr's, or service, for that matter.
Basically, you should know what price you want to pay and act as
if you're doing them a favor by buying from them (which you are,
if you think about it). Cash in hand is a powerful negotiator.
47th St. Photo is in the Diamond District between 5th and the Avenue
of the Americas (6th), on the north side of 47th St. They also
have a satellite store on 45th. which sells computers and, possibly,
Discmen. Their ad should indicate which store you want. Note that
they're closed Saturdays and open Sundays; it helps if you know
a little Yiddish... :-)
Jon Levy
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| 728.6 | Doomoo Arigatoo (Japanese for thanks, I think) | JANUS::HUDSON | William Hudson, REO2-G/F2 DTN 830-3101 | Mon Apr 27 1987 07:09 | 6 |
Thanks for the help. We're going to Florida, Pittsburgh (my folks
live near there) and New York - no friends further north. I figured
NY would be the best place to get a good price.
My Yiddish is mainly of the offensive sort - maybe I can pick up
a phrase book!
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