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to: Mark Barnes
from: Hamish Moffatt
date: 1995-03-13 13:01:00
subject: Standard System Prices

Hello Mark!

Saturday March 11 1995 13:32, Mark Barnes wrote to Hamish Moffatt:

 HM>> I don't mean to be rude, but this is very
 HM>> expensive. I built a 486SX-33 (UMC) system a few
 HM>> weeks ago with almost identical specs to yours: 4MB
 HM>> RAM, 420MB WD, mouse and mat, minitower case, UMC
 HM>> motherboard (256KB, 3VESA, AMI WINBIOS), VLB IO,
 HM>> Cirrus 5429, 14" NI monitor, Panasonic 1.44mb and
 HM>> 1.2mb drives, 101 keyboard for about $1400. Not a

 > If you can back this up with a 2 year parts and 3yr labour Warranty and can
 > continue to supply me with pc's for this price please let me know.
 > All components are NEW inc tax.

All my components were new too. Since it was for my own use there was no
need for these warranties, but I would certainly not charge what you did
for the difference.

What's a labour warranty, if the parts warranty has already expired? You
guarantee you didn't put it together wrongly? I think in the third year
that any problems would already be obvious ...


Regards,
Hamish

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