Re: Buying Palm Pilot Through Sun?

[dmick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dan Mick)]

I bought mine on the web through Computer Shopper; the vendor I chose
was McGlen Micro in Irvine; it cost $338 from them.

> From owner-pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mon Aug 25 10:13:01 1997
> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 09:28:27 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mike Szelong -District Manager <michael.szelong@West>
> Subject: Re: Buying Palm Pilot Through Sun?
> To: Alberto.Suzano@Eng
> Cc: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> 
> Talked to Fry's about their pricing when we did a bulk buy of 18 units
> from the Palo Alto store.  The quoted price to Sun ($379) exceeded what
> I could get in the Sunnyvale store ($349) walking in off the street. As
> it turns out, because they are in competition with the T-Zone across
> the street ($349), they offer the Pilot Pro for $349 only in that
> Sunnyvale store...
> 
> BTW, T-Zone still has them at $348, saw it this weekend.
> 
> This has been the best pricing I have seen...
> 
> Mike
> > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 17:36:57 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Alberto Suzano <Alberto.Suzano@Eng>
> > Subject: Re: Buying Palm Pilot Through Sun?
> > To: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > T-zone price (@ Lawrence Expressway on front of Fry's) was US$349 for
> > the professional edition without extra software (US$10 cheaper than
> > Fry's) CompUSA did not match Fry's price because I did not had the
> > newspaper showing Fry's price.
> > 
> > 	AS
> > 	
> > > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 17:39:35 -0600
> > > From: kurt.horton@Central (Kurt Horton)
> > > To: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Devon.Tuck@Ebay
> > > Subject: Re: Buying Palm Pilot Through Sun?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I learned indirectly that SMI employees get a discount of sorts at
> > > CompUSA.  The deal is 12% above cost -- the problem is retail is often
> > > less than 12% above cost so it doesn't save much.  Also items less than
> > > $20 do not get the discount either.  I simply show my employee ID and
> > > make the purchase.
> > > 
> > > I did save about $30 as I recall buying my Pilot around January -- prices
> > > may have changed.
> > > 
> > >    kurt
> > > 
> > > > From owner-pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mon Aug 18 17:22 MDT 1997
> > > > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:39:30 -0700
> > > > From: Devon.Tuck@Ebay (Devon Tuck)
> > > > To: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Buying Palm Pilot Through Sun?
> > > > Mime-Version: 1.0
> > > > 
> > > > Hey Pilot Users,
> > > > 
> > > > Is there a discount available if we want to buy a Palm Pilot through Sun?
> > > > 
> > > > I have been researching the Palm Pilot, and am attracted by the fact that
> > > > there are Sun utilities to sync up calendars and other data.  I have been
> > > > leaning towards buying the Pilot through Franklin-Covey so I can get
> > > > their Windows 95 Ascend software for my home machine.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >   Devon
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