David, at 07:09 on Apr 04 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Jesus!  That's pretty disgusting.  Knowing what Mike makes 
BG> on these, did you ask him for some sort of a discount?

DD> There is some sort of price war with the "official
importers" in Melbourne.  
DD> He says his buy price took a "bit of a jump".  We did get
them somewhat 
DD> below $799.00

I should bloody well hope so.  Mind you, if the company paid for them, I
guess it doesn't really matter anyway...

DD> He feels that there will be a parallel importer within a couple of months 
DD> with a resultant $50 to $100 price drop.

Interesting.  Did he suggest who that might be (I wonder if he's thinking
of bringing them in himself) ?

DD>> We find the 33,600 link between Brisbane and Cairns just dandy :-)

BG> I'm sure you do, but it's going to take quite a while to 
BG> recover the extra $300 by way of reduced on-line charges (if 
BG> at all).  :)

DD> 20 to 30 minutes online time per day, during business hours, 5 days a week, 
DD> between Brisbane and Cairns adds up.

If you intend spending that much time online, and the lines are good enough
to support 33600 links, you will indeed pay for the extra within 12 months
(if not even less).  I'd work it out for you, but I simply couldn't be
bothered, as Paul would mindlessly dispute whatever figures I posted...

Regards, Bill

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