RE: AS/400 System Handbooks

[Neil Palmer <NeilP@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, but I got a msg from a US Business partner that said their price 
for the Handbooks went to $25 from about $5.50



Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
                                             AS/400~~~~~
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Michael Miller [SMTP:mlmiller@iserv.net]
Sent:   Thursday, October 01, 1998 5:41 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: AS/400 System Handbooks

Larry:

Sounds to me like this guy got a price hike.  We receiced several 
copies (4
that I can remember for v4r2) for free.  Anything over that would be a 
price
hike.  We have paid for additional copies in the past when we received 
1 or
2 copies of v4r1 for free and Matt wanted 2 more for himself and 
Hadley.
The other thing that you have to realize is that the US and Canadian
channels are very different in how they are managed.

Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Palmer <NeilP@DPSlink.com>
To: 'Midrange-L' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 10:03 PM
Subject: AS/400 System Handbooks


>Is anyone else out there as infuriated as I am about the price 
increase
>for the AS/400 System Handbooks for V4R3 ?
>
>In Canada the price went from $8.10 to $36.00 !!!   A whopping 444%
>increase !!!
>
>What is REALLY annoying though is that the internal IBM price dropped
>from $8.10 to $4.10
>I guess all IBM's customers/consultants/business partners are now
>subsidising the reduced price for IBM internal use !
>
>Don't they understand that for the most part the System Handbook is
>used to MARKET the AS/400 ?
>What kind of message does this price increase send out ?   Is this 
some
>bean counters idea ?
>
>I'll have to ask Al if I can use the word "SUCKS" to describe the new
>pricing at COMMON Sound Off next week.
>
>
>Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
>                                             AS/400~~~~~
>Thornhill, Ontario,  Canada    ___________          ___  ~
>Phone: (905) 731-9000  x238   |OOOOOOOOOO| ________  o|__||=
>Cell.: (416) 565-1682  x238   |__________|_|______|_|______)
>Fax:   (905) 731-9202          oo      oo   oo  oo   OOOo=o\
>mailto:NeilP@DPSlink.com    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>http://www.DPSlink.com        AS/400  The Ultimate Business Server
>
>
>
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