RE: AS/400 System Handbooks, COMMON Soundoff

[Neil Palmer <NeilP@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI - These are the new 'old' prices - US $:

V4R3 System Handbook GA19-5486-17
IBM Internal Price = $2.00 External Price = $5.51
V4R3 System Builder  SG24-2155-02
IBM Internal Price = $1.69 External Price = $4.65

The bean counters have been beaten down !

PS - Yes, many receive a few free copies.  It's the extras you order 
(for marketing/customer giveaways etc.) where the price rise really 
hurt.

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-----Original Message-----
From:   Chuck Lewis [SMTP:CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET]
Sent:   Monday, October 12, 1998 1:13 AM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: AS/400 System Handbooks, COMMON Soundoff

Thanks for the update !!!

mcrump@ballfoster.com wrote:

> Good news.  At soundoff yesterday, Neil got his chance to complain.
> Evidently IBM had already gotten wind of some complaints and the 
pricing
> has reverted back to the original price.
>
> No news of any rebate for those of us who paid the inflated price....
>
> Best laugh at soundoff is when Neil asked about a rebate and Tom 
Jarosh
> handed him a $20!  Then later Neil gave him $20 Canadian back!  Way 
to go
> Neil.....
>
> BTW, Al spoke at soundoff.  Overall it was extremely positive, some
> complaints still about marketing/merchandising and a few other
> things.......well done as usual.
>
> David, Don did get a slight plug-in for Midrange-L when he talked
> about.....guess what.....CERTIFICATION.
>
> Pat Barber <MBOCEANSIDE@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> on 10/05/98 
11:29:22
> AM
>
> Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> cc:    (bcc: Mike Crump/IS/Ball-Foster)
> Subject:  Re: AS/400 System Handbooks
>
> Neil Palmer wrote:
> >
> > 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 !!!
>
> Another wonderful idea brought to you by those brilliant thinkers in 
the
> Admin. section...... but I already did my ranting and raving earlier 
in
> the
> year.... so no more..... Those folks will make money in spite of
> everything
> they can do...... The "Peter Principal" continues on.......


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