#VillageTronic and 3.1
15-Aug-95 04:33:45
Sb: #208213-#VillageTronic and 3.1
Fm: Jeff Walker 100121,465
To: Muir Robertson 100527,1541
Yes, I know OS3.1 is advertised at DM199 in Germany. Germany is a totally
different market to the UK. More Amigas were sold into offices, more Amigas
were sold for serious pursuits. DM199 is probably a reasonable price for
Germany.
But the UK Amiga market is nowhere near as sophisticated as the German Amiga
market. The average UK Amiga owner is much younger, much (dare I say it) less
intelligent, and much poorer. 100 GBP is too much for the UK.
But as the pack is made in Germany by a German company, they first set the
price for Germany and that sets the price for outside Germany.
A couple of interested parties tried to get the rights to manufacture an OS3.1
pack in the UK to sell at ~50 GBP. Commodore UK was fairly enthusiastic about
it, but there was so much confusion about who had the right to give who the
rights to do what….
Jeff Walker, JAM magazine
jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk