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Some questions come to mind:

- What constitutes a "system"?
- What does it come with?
- Why are Amiga Inc trying to be so sneaky about this one...?  

$50 off of a complete system is SO incredibly NOT a good deal, as the vendor can easily make up $50 in profit between other items that you either didn't want, or didn't need.

I feel really bad for those who didn't read between the usually unmistakable lines on this one...
 

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Re: An important thing for A1+AmigOS promotion that everyone
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2002, 08:32:17 PM »
IMO people should be able to use the coupon both for bundles as well as complete systems. I can understand it if some  people mis-understood Bill's message. No big deal however, considering that consumer AmigaOne boards are not available yet. So there is enough time left to solve this issue.
 

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Re: An important thing for A1+AmigOS promotion that everyone
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2002, 09:58:07 PM »
calm down guys.

Pay attention what`s written on the AmigaShop page. They differ between "AmigaONE/AmigaOS4 preloaded" and "AmigaONE/AmigaOS4 Systems". So i guess the ones just with a HD and the other one is a complete System. Don`t U?
 

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Re: An important thing for A1+AmigOS promotion that everyone
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2002, 11:28:56 PM »
Umm, the dealers don't have to "make up" the discount, the discount is from A-Inc.

Of course people are right on the front that with the pre-loaded OS there will be some $$ added on to the price due to man hours of pre-loading the OS

It is a good opportunity for some dealer who will sell the motherboards, and give out a discount though!
 

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Re: An important thing for A1+AmigOS promotion that everyone
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2002, 03:33:32 AM »
Elektro: Their PR stinks.

It may just be an ordinary mistake. Yes it should be cleared up. But everyone should at least give Gary a break, especially considering he is just recovering from a heart attack.

Gary, if you read this. By all means take it easy, your health comes first beyond anything else, you must remember that. I'm often dealing with patients recovering from heart attacks as I work as a physical therapist. Dealing with the impatient Amiga community can take a toll on you. Recovering takes time, take one step at a time.

Best wishes, Mike.
 

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Re: An important thing for A1+AmigOS promotion that everyone
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2002, 05:59:01 AM »
@ Kronos

Why do they have to fix every update...

Well because we (the community) like to be able to fully interprate every syllable of every word of anything they right to 100% accuraccy.

As for this one, it needs a bit of interpretation / clarfication / something. And fixed right on the web page, not in just an distributed news item!

"Customers who are interested in purchasing an AmigaOne/AmigaOS 4.0 pre-loaded will be able to purchase a $50.00 off coupon for $50.00!"

[babble about prizes at various levels, which is described well, apart from actuall descriptons of what you win]

-> AmigaOne/AmigaOS 4.0 pre-loaded

Given all the different opinions i've go no idea  :-?

Garry Peak said system with OS on the hard drive (*).. so I guess that's what it is untill they change their minds, or re-clarify.

(*)) Which I guess will be done by the dealer, (at cost to us) [Quite obvious since Eyetech are just doing jsut Motherboards, and Hyperion are just doing just the OS, and said above they won't be pre=loading]
 

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Re: An important thing for A1+AmigOS promotion that everyone
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2002, 06:56:12 AM »
I think there are two points here.

One/ is that the coupon is not a discount, rather a downpayment.  Therefore the amount being small is a good thing, and if anything should have been smaller.  Because the smaller the amount, the more people would be willing to risk "non-appearance of product", and if those that paid didn't actually make up the difference and purchase the product, then Amiga Inc would still get tons of cash from people that aren't true believes and should therefore be killed (kidding.. remember the Amiga mag rants against those that wouldn't purchase upgrades to A500s, and yet still had the gall to complain that new software didn't run on their machines).

Two/ is that it is not fair to be misleading as to what that downpayment is for.  In other words it isn't fair to commit people to pay for something they didn't intend to buy.

That being the case, it would be perfectly valid to contact the credit card company and cancel the payment, but at the same time you should inform Amiga Inc of your actions and why.

I also assumed that the coupon was for the bundle, not a complete system, so now that I know I won't be buying one.

Not because I think it's a "bad deal" or a "naughty business practice", but because I want to build my machine to my own specs and budget.

The only thing I think Amiga Inc has done wrong is that they haven't been totally clear about what you are buying.  I don't for one moment believe that this was intentional deception (hence suggesting that cancelled credit card orders are explained).