[muglo] Re: powerbook

That is too bad, I have received an airport card for the powerbook I  
bought and know people that have had their memory doubled, have  
received discounts if they bought a mac plus a software package.  It  
is the same all over if you are eager and ready to buy the retailer  
senses it and there are no deals, if on the other hand they can make  
a $2500 plus sale by giving a $100-150 item to the customer that may  
have cost them $70 to 100+ they are motivated to do so since they  
know once you leave you may be the competitions customer.  And like  
any other transaction it is the attitude that you come with, do you  
look like a real customer or are you a tire kicker.  From talking to  
sales people I know they say that the people that ask price first are  
the least likely to buy but those that explore the features and  
decide on product that suits them and then talk price are much more  
likely to buy.  So if you go in ask what's the best price you can  
give me they will likely point at the sign attached to it but if they  
have invested time in you and feel that you need just a little prod  
to make the decision now more flexibility will be shown.  I bought a  
250 GB LaCie drive at Carbon in Kitchener about 3 weeks ago and  
received a "valued customer discount" and I am sure that I got it  
because they did not have the exact drive I wanted but felt that the  
discount would make the drive they did have more appealing to me.

Gerhard

On Sep 21, 2005, at 11:56 PM, Biti wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> I've never had any dealer, campus, CPUsed, or Carbon Computing, that
> were willing to throw anything in.
>
> The price was for the computer, nothing else (5 PowerBooks and a G5
> since 1989). These retailers didn't negotiate at all. On the plus  
> side,
> their service has been uniformly great.
>
> HTH
>
> Biti
>
>
> On Sep 21, 2005, at 10:59 PM, Hawk wrote:
>
>
>> Just curious. Everyone I've dealt with so far seems solid on the  
>> price
>> for a
>> powerbook but not so solid on the software and prices where there
>> seems to
>> be room to deal. Left me wondering what should be included in the
>> purchase
>> of a Powerbook compared to some things that could (should} be
>> included. Jim
>>
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