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From: kirk.jensen@toadhall.com (Kirk Jensen)
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Date: Sat,  4 Jun 94 15:04:00 -0700
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TS> dchiu@netcom.com (David C.W. Chiu) writes:

>In my area (SF Bay, CA) an outfit called NCA is selling 3401s (yes, I am 
>sure it is 3401) for $269. I think they also advertise in ComputerShopper..

TS> Odd... that's *BELOW* how much Toshiba is selling them for. How do I know?
TS> I asked at COMDEX. They told me explicitly that $275 (the price I was hoping
TS> to get for one) was below their cost.  I just bought one here for $305+tax
TS> from a local wholesale distributer.

All of that is true. NCA picked these up from someone who was dumping 1500
units into the marketplace at below their cost; I guess they had bills to
pay or something like that :-). The normal wholesale price is higher than 
what they are selling them for so that price will not last for long. Does
tend to bring people into the store, however, in this very competitive
Silicon Valley :-). 

It is a great price but expect lots of trouble if the drive does not work.
They usually don't even bother to answer their customer support lines and
you get to pay for the long wait when they do answer. 
 
The phone number for mail order sales is (408) 522-3050, by the way. 

TS> Tom Sorensen * gt0040a@prism.gatech.edu * Team OS/2
TS> Chairman, Yellow Jacket OS/2 User's Group * Vice President, Georgia Tech ACM
TS> "OS/2 is what DOS and Windows should have been. Windows/NT aspires to become
TS> what OS/2 is." - Lee Reiswig, May, 1993.
 

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