Hi Hamish Moffatt, hope you are having a nice day

13-Mar-95 12:56, Hamish Moffatt wrote to Mark Barnes
          Subject: Wanted...

 HM> Hello Mark!

Yo!

 HM> Saturday March 11 1995 13:24, Mark Barnes wrote to Hamish Moffatt:

 HM> Okay then. QDI Computer (wholesaler) in Melbourne had WD 1GB drives last 
 HM> month for $510. Add 21% sales tax, that's about $567 say, 
 HM> and add say 10% profit (not sure if this is reasonable or 
 HM> not).. $560 + 21% = $617, over $200 less than your price.

Hmmm My maths must be slipping?

        ex tax =   $510   + 21% ($107.1) = $617.10
        profit 10% $617.1 + 10% ($61.70) = $678.81

1083MB WD 10ms 3Yr WTY                   = $814inc

        Difference                       = $135.19


 RG>>>> 2) a 16 meg simm
 >>> 16MB 72pin True Parity                  $1080
 HM>>> A friend of mine says he has seen these for ~$700 recently.
 >> The same goes here !!

 HM> I don't have a solid price on hand.

Hmmmm!

This Months price is $1015inc

 >> Please back up your GREAT prices with either a dealer name of a phone
 >> number and list of prices so myself and I assume many others can have
 >> access to these great deals.

 HM> So can I, or any wholesaler.

ANY WHOLESALER?

 HM> QDI Computer, 30/170 Forster Road, Mt Waverley 3149, Vic.
 HM> Just a happy customer; have bought two motherboards, two 
 HM> CPUs and a graphics card from them in the past.

Good to see.

ps I used to live just down the road from there. The shop is close to the
railway station (on main road) I believe?

 HM> Note that I don't actually sell computers. But I do build 
 HM> them for my own use (and friends) and the above are prices 
 HM> I would expect to pay from a retailer.

I Suppose if you shop around enough there are good deals to be had.

 HM> I bought a 420mb drive for $285 late January (from a 
 HM> retailer). QDI's price is $230 + 21% = $270, so this was 
 HM> less than 10% profit obviously.

$230 + 21% ($48.3) = $278.3


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   +---> Yours sincerely, Mark Barnes

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