| From: | Nick Lamburn |
| Date: | 2 Sep 2000 at 20:26:22 |
| Subject: | Re: Sorry but this has got to me.... |
Hi Matt
>> 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.
Busters aren't actually *that* rare, try finding a DMac rev. 4 - not easy
and when you do, not cheap either because they are rare.
>> 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!
Excuse me, i do not take kidnly to be called a dolt - and did i ever state
anywhere in my mail that i WASN'T going to buy from the US or Germany etc.?
Please retract that comment, it was uncalled for.
>> 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.
There we go again, add an insult to where none is needed, I may have a chip
on my shoulder over something else I do not want to mention, and it's not
over some poxy chip!! Secondly why are all students assumed to be of a left
wing political association? And i'm not paranoid, I have *better* things to
spend £50 on frankly, i'm sure you do to. Again, please apologise for your
comments, but then you'll snip this out as if it never was written. In my
mind there's only on dolt here.... ;)
> 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 :)
I'm checking Versalia tonight, thankyou.
> 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.
Likewise, checking tonight.
Regards
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