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In article <1993Jan27.174635.14917@cs.hw.ac.uk> sbrown@cs.hw.ac.uk (Stuart Brown) writes:
>Wouldn't it be a great idea if Atari were to offer ST owners a swap scheme
>in order for them to get their hands on a Falcon?
>
>I bought a 520STFM in March 1990, right before Atari decided to dwindle the
>price of an STE;  since then I've upgraded to 1Mb, got a sampling cartridge
>and an external floppy disk drive:  the point is, if I were to get a Falcon,
>all this stuff would be useless!  If a swap scheme was in operation, Atari
>could take our old hardware (use it for spares or sell it again for cheaper
>perhaps) and give us a spanking new Falcon:  obviously we would have to give
>Atari some money as well;  they can't give away Falcons!


Though this would be good for the consumers, it would be devastating to
the dealers. Because there are so few dealers out there, Atari must not
pull a fast one on them. Many dealers offer swaps themselves, but in my
opinion you can get a better deal by selling you computer here  on  the
net. It would be different if Atari had an expected 1,000,000  userbase
willing to buy the FALCON but they don't, they have no  choice  but  to
distribute this fine computer through the dealer network....


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