| From: | Matt Sealey |
| Date: | 2 Sep 2000 at 22:37:24 |
| Subject: | Re: Sorry but this has got to me.... |
Hello Nick
On 02-Sep-00, you wrote:
>>> 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,
They are in the UK. There isn't a demand for them. That's why they're expensive.
Do you see?
>>> (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.
Retract it yourself. I can't be bothered ;)
All I'm saying is that complaining won't bring the price down. Economics don't
give way to irate consumers - at least not JUST ONE irate consumer anyway.
>>> 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!!
So you DO have a chip on your shoulder!
Secondly why are all students assumed to be of a left
> wing political association?
Because they're all into all this tree-hugging hippy crap, tend to favour the
abolition of any authority or control over their lives, drink far too much and
work far too little?
> And i'm not paranoid
Of course you are. Why else would you be so bothered that one company is
overcharging you when you know you can get it cheaper elsewhere? Like, we
need to know that you're unhappy with this fact even though you're already
buying elsewhere making your argument pointless? Hell, if you really were
spending £50 on this chip by buying it frm the UK, I'd be bothered, but you're
cleverer than that and I know it.
Plus you seem to think I'm on an Anti-Lamburn slant by slagging you off. Not
true, it's just light-hearted poking you in the ribs. No 'fence 'tended.
> comments, but then you'll snip this out as if it never was written. In my
> mind there's only on dolt here.... ;)
So agressive, Lammers. You ought to lighten up a bit.
>> 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.
See, ignore my light-hearted ribbing and take the information you need and
the world will be a happier place :)
Thanks
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