🚀 go-pugleaf

I've been shopping around for my 1st PC-compatible machine for
home use and have been looking at the ads in Computer Shopper.  
For the most part, 16Mhz 386SX machines (the type I've pretty much
decided on) seem to be running about 1400.00-1500.00 for a 
monochrome system with a ~40 meg hard drive and 1 meg of core.

However, a company called Tredex in California is advertising
several "real" 386 boxes with VGA in this price range.  For
example, on P. 636 of the 8/90 edition of Computer Shopper they
offer a well-equipped (but unnamed) 20 MHz machine complete
with 4 Meg of core, 40 Meg hard drive, monchrome VGA (color w/.29 dot
pitch monitor for 200.00 more), mouse, DOS 4.01, and GW Basic.
(They also have 16 MHz 386 machines from ITT and "Maxar" for
a bit less.)  I note that the ad carries the "Computer Shopper
Best Buy of 1989" seal for whatever it's worth.

What is the catch here?  Has anyone out there dealt with
this company and/or purchased one of these machines?

Thanks in advance for any info!

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