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Article #1967Bad Atari marketing
From: Todd
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1986 15:05
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1986 15:05
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Unfortunately, its worse than ST's being sold in K-MART stores. They are being sold by JS&A mail order. These are the people that also sell ionizers and other such nonsense. Price for the CPU with mouse is 299. Color monitor 399 mono monitor 199 disk drive 199. I saw the ad in the Jan 13 Newsweek. I think that this is an absoulutely stupid marketing move on Atari's part. I had faith in Mr T., but now I think the 5 year old down the block has more marketing sense than he does. I don't know how any future machines ( including the 32 bit work stations announced in the Electronic Engineering times) will get any respect at all. If I was the head of Commadore I couldn't ask for a better break at this time. Time will tell what impact this has on us ST owners. We can always hope for good software from Europe where the ST seems to get more respect. R.T Bradstrum
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpm.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihlpm!rtb From: rtb@ihlpm.UUCP (Todd) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Bad Atari marketing Message-ID: <653@ihlpm.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 10:05:53 EST Article-I.D.: ihlpm.653 Posted: Fri Jan 10 10:05:53 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jan-86 02:47:27 EST Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17