| From: | Matt Sealey |
| Date: | 2 Sep 2000 at 12:52:35 |
| Subject: | Re: Sorry but this has got to me.... |
Hello Nick
On 02-Sep-00, you wrote:
> I realise Amiga dealers have to make profits, and that can be very hard.
> But I could not 'forgive' this proce when i found out what a rival US
> company, Software Hut is charging for the same chip.
>
> If you are alright about ordering from the US, you can get Super Buster rev.
> 11 and Ramsey Rev. 7 - and a Rev. 8 Western Digital A3000/2091 SCSI chip for
> What is £5 more than the Buster is *alone* in the UK. This is simply
> disgusting as far as I'm concerned, I'd even say Exploitational.
>
> Why is it that a UK based Amiga owner should pay £50 for *one* old chip from
Because it's a SUPER RARE CHIP. The lack of big box uptake in the UK means that
there aren't that many around, not a great deal were ever shipped here. In the
Us, they're practically 10-a-penny.
> 1992, where as another Amiga dealer in the US, are letting them go for
> pretty much £19.99?? I could buy all three chips to enhance this A3000 (the
> even have DMac 4!!!) for what is only another 5-6 quid over the cost of a
> Buster 11 in the UK.
So buy them from the US, dolt!
> My point is that we should support Amiga dealers to keep them going, but
> when it appears another Amiga dealer in the same boat, charges £30 less than
> in the UK for a chip - that screams out to me, "They're taking advantage of
> you".
That's becvause you're a paranoid lefty student with a chip on your shoulder.
Nobody is out to rip you off, the price difference is just how economies work.
The US have a larger supply of chips. But you have to pay delivery. You wanna
see how much it'll cost to get the chips shipped over?
You could also try German dealers. Although they may not be as cheap as the
US dealers, they'll not sting you with cross-Atlantic postage :)
Besides, try this: mail Amiga in Germany and see if they'll sell you spares. They
should be orders of magnitude cheaper. They'll ship them to you and you just
transfer the cash into their bank account. I'm sure Tudor will explain how it
works, he's done this a load of times IIRC.
Thanks
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