Date:         Thu, 12 Nov 92 17:39:43 EST
From:         Robert Braham <RMB@CUNYVMS1.BITNET>
Subject:      NBI Prices, ver. 1.0 (beta): call for comments
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.notabene


Comment away, w/ stuff on local distribution
politics, and (as Dorothy wrote, but I did not
incorporate because I zapped it by accident)
on purchasing philosophy.  E-mail addresses
of distributors would be nice too.  Tony, r u
there?

I'll handle the document. Maybe Itamar could stick
this eventually into the list-server for all and sundry.

Start:

Document name: NBI Prices, ver 1.0 (beta)
November 12, 1992

Contents:
I:  US and non-US distribution
    a) Contacts
    b) Documentation and support
    c) Pricing for non-US
II: Price schedules for US distribution

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I) US and non-US distribution

a) Contacts

 The contractual or informal relationships between NBI Inc. (in
 New York) and its overseas distributors/customers are fluid and
 complex, particularly as of this writing with the Israeli market
 (i.e., whether NBI in New York will refuse to cash your check
 under certain conditions).  In theory, if you *live full-time*
 in the following countries/areas:

Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Norway

 you should contact the distributors (hereafter, "non-US
 distributors") listed below.

Denizens of the US and *all other parts of the world* not listed
above should negotiate through the mother corporation:

NB Informatics Inc.
285 West Broadway
Suite 600
New York, NY  10013

Local voice #:           (212) 334-0445
Out-of-NYC free voice #: (800) 969-6922
Fax #:                   (212) 334-0845

Non-US distributors:

*Australia*
To be announced
(i.e., to be dug up from secretary's desk)

*Germany*
Dragonfly Europe
Hohenkorbener Weg 85
4460 Nordhorn
Germany
Attn:  Werner Goeken [read "o-with-umlaut" for "oe"]
Voice: 0049 5921 335 00
Fax:   0049 5921 339 10

*Great Britain*
--Ireland has a "separate" distribution point;
--contact Tony St. Quentin, below
Nota Bene (GB) Ltd.
Westbourne
44 Tower Lane
Leeds LS12 3SD
England
Attn:  Tony St. Quentin
Voice: 532 311 994
Fax:   532 311 998

*Israel*
OSI Computer and Peripherals Ltd.
48 Sokolov Street
Suite 27
Ramat haSharon
Israel 47235
Voice: 3 540 7570
Fax:   3 540 0795

*Norway*
To be announced
(i.e., to be dug up from secretary's desk)

I.b) Documentation and support
  Again, in theory, each non-US distributor is responsible for
  technical support, translation into local languages of the
  manuals, etc.  The situation with manuals is dicey even in
  English (US documentation): no new dates have been given for
  release of full documentation, beyond servicable tutorial and
  "quick reference guides" for NB4 and peripheral products.

I.c) Pricing for non-US
  I cannot report on the price schedules (whether contractually
  stipulated or not) of the non-US distributors vis-a-vis the US
  prices.  Perhaps future versions of this document will have
  hard or anecdotal information.  I am told, e.g., that the
  prices for Great Britain are exactly the same as those listed
  for US distribution.

***************************************************
II) Price schedules for US distribution
November 11, 1992

---NB3.x is not sold anymore
---Lingua, Orbis will only work with NB4---

--"Academic discount:"
   Applies to
a) faculty, students, and staff of *any* institution of learning,
   from primary schools to the Institute of Advanced Study, in
   any part of the world
b) faculty, staff, etc., of *any non-profit organization*
   (museums, UJA, whatever).


Upgrades:
*No academic discount on upgrades*

Upgrade (always includes Orbis) from NB3 to NB4:    $129
Upgrade from NB3 and sls to NB4, Orbis, and Lingua: $229
Ibid, with either of these two upgrades:            $109

---Add $15 shipping for all _upgrade_ packages---

*New packages with academic discount*
NB4:                      $179
Ibid alone:               $129
Lingua alone:             $169
NB4, Orbis:               $259
NB4, *no Orbis*, Ibid:    $259
NB4, *no Orbis*, Lingua:  $299
NB4, Orbis, Lingua:       $378
NB4, Orbis, Lingua, Ibid: $459


*New packages without academic discount*
NB4:                      $449
NB4, Orbis:               $648
Ibid alone:               $199
Lingua alone:             $299
NB4, *no Orbis*, Ibid:    $xxxxxxx
NB4, *no Orbis*, Lingua:  $748
NB4, Orbis, Lingua:       $947
NB4, Orbis, Lingua, Ibid: $1146

---Shipping costs included on new packages---

*No academic discounts on the following:*

Additional (non-US English) dictionaries (spellcheckers): French,
  German, Italian, Spanish, UK English, Law-"Black's," Medical-
  "Stedman's:"            $69 each
IbidPlus                  $49

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