Re: Bargining for a New Computer

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From: ByteLeech
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 00:00

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On Sun, 21 Jul 1996 11:36:45 -0700, Kevin Urciolo <kurci5ck@mwc.edu>
wrote:

>I plan to by a new computer from Gateway 2000 in the next week.  The
new 
>computer will either be a 166MHz with EDO RAM or a 200MHz with SDRAM.
I 
>would like to know if I can haggle with the Gateway sales people.  I 
>believe they would probably drop their price below what is published
in 
>ads.  Could you tell me how much of a drop I should ask for?  Does a 
>Gateway 2000 sales rep work on commission?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kevin Urciolo
>kurci5ck@mwc.edu
>http://www.mwc.edu/~kurci5ck/kevin.html

Just ask rep if "that is his lowest price"; if not, what is his
lowest?  If so, then suggest you request that he pay the shipping
charges, or you will just have to do business elsewhere...

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Subject: Re: Bargining for a New Computer
Date: 1996/07/29
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