From: loyd@seq.uncwil.edu (David Loyd)
Subject: Re: A2000 With Frills FOR SALE!!!
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 22:18:24 GMT

avogel@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:

>In article <1992Oct14.030317.23072@leland.Stanford.EDU>, alexm@leland.Stanford.EDU (alex matthews) writes:
>> In article <1992Oct13.151311.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> avogel@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
> 
>> Oh, gee, now even I understand.  I'm so glad you explained that whole
>> math thing to me.  Now I see that I can offer everybody an even better
>> deal than you can.  I have a beautiful original Amiga model 1000, with
>> very low miles, an incredible 512,000! byes of memory, built in floppy
>> disk drive that has the ability to hold 880,000 bytes of programs AND 
>> data.  This computer has the same incredible acceleration factor
>> of the later Amiga 2000 models, yet I am offering it at the low
>> low price of only $1195 INCLUDING a GREEN MONOGRAPHIC MONITOR, which 
>> is certainly better than no monitor at all.  This is a complete system,
>> containing everything you need to run programs that you can write
>> yourself in BASIC.  
>> 
>> You will save yourself an additional $100 dollars over what you would have 
>> spent had you purchased the above system.

>Ok first, I do see the obvious sarcasm in your reply but I am going to answer
>it seriously to show you just how absurd a parallel you drew and the only
>reason you posted it to be a wise-guy.
>	What you offered was a $100 difference b/w your system and mone.  Try
>for startes an $800 difference (like min is) and bring you price down to $495. 
>Now even there - for the same money you can get an A500/600 (just as axpandable
>as a 1000) new.  Why would someone want an A2000 over an A3000 besides the fact
>that they may not be able to afford an A3000?  A toaster maybe or something
>along those lines.  But who cares!  An $800 difference bewteen a new 3000 bare
>and a used 2000 with hardware is a big difference.  Show me how it is an
>insignificant difference.  Or better yet - why don't you go back to the
>original post and look through the list of new and used prices - then tell me
>which of them is way off base and I will adjust my asking price accordingly.
>In any case the price of the A3000 will jump back up in about 2 weeks and then
>the price difference will be $1100. 
>	I'll tell you what - you give me $1100 or even better you just give me
>$800 (which of couse to you is an insignificant amount - for in choosing
>between spending $2100 on a new computer or $1295 on a used lesser performance
>one - you would without a question spend the $800 because it is insignificant,
>right?) and I will sell my machine for $800 less, OK?
>Don't you think it is possible that people might want to sacrifice the
>advantage of speed in a new 3000 to save $800 - $1100???  I think they might
>considering responses to the ad...
Both of you should take this 'bitch session' to email. You sound like a
couple of women fighting at a yard sale over a $1 rabiit jacket!

Just MY two cents...

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