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From: metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby)
Subject: Re: Help Needed
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Keywords: Amiga Trade Up Offer
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Date: 5 May 91 06:51:50 GMT
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In article <May.4.20.24.43.1991.24587@remus.rutgers.edu> lcs@remus.rutgers.edu (Lyle C. Seplowitz) writes:
>
>Thanks to Commodore's excellent to offer, I am able to afford the
>A3000 (upgrading from my 128).
>
>After I spoke to an extremely nice customer service operator (who
>mentioned the offer before I had a chance to ask about it)...I
>contacted the four dealers he gave me to call (I live in north Jersey
>and only two were located in north and central jersey, the other two
>are in NYC). I called the one in north Jersey...they never heard of
>the offer. Plus the saleperson kept putting down the Amiga, saying
>Commodore must be desperate with this offer. He said he only sold "two
>Amiga 3000s in the last two years." I thought the A3000 just came out
>last year! Anyway, he's going to check on the offer and get back to
>me.
>
>I called the central Jersey dealer, but they aren't an authorized
>service center. Finally I called one of the NYC dealers. They support
>the offer, but I don't really want to go to NYC (I don't really trust
>the electronics businesses in the city).
>
>If anyone knows of any dealers in the North Jersey or NYC area that
>are reliable, please let me know--I don't want to have any problems
>with this purchase.
>
>Also, does anyone know when the offer ends. The Commodore operator
>wasn't sure, but he believed the end of June. Can someone from
>Commodore assure me that this offer won't be revoked or discontinued
>early. I graduate this semester and can't afford to pay the regular
>prices.
>
The offer officially ends June 30, 1991.  There is an ad in the June
issue of Amiga World (p. 87) stating this.  I don't think Commodore
won't revoke or be discontinued early when they're officially
advertising.

>Thanks for any information you can give me.
>:)
>Lyle.
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                                   Wayne Rigby
                                   Computer and Systems Engineer (in training)
                                   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                                   metahawk@rpi.edu

