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Posted on 25-Jun-2002 14:47 GMT by Christian Kemp87 comments
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The AmigaDE shop has a status page showing how many AmigaOne/AmigaOS 4.0 $50 off coupons have been sold. As of right now, the number is 148, with about eleven and a half days left.
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Posted by redrumloa on 25-Jun-2002 12:54 GMT
Yeah:-/ At least the page counter seems to be at ~124,000. Maybe people are procrastinating.
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Posted by Anonymous on 25-Jun-2002 13:13 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (redrumloa):
Cool, every 1000th hit buys that coupon. :-)
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Posted by Leki on 25-Jun-2002 13:14 GMT
come on people show your support for AmigaOS and get a coupon :)
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Posted by John Block on 25-Jun-2002 13:38 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Leki):
I'm a bit wary as they have said nothing about using the vouchers overseas.
Ie: they have not said you can go into a dealer in the UK, Germany etc and get the reduction.
I've got 34 pounds waiting for this.
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Posted by Mikey C on 25-Jun-2002 13:49 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (John Block):
I too would like to get a t-shirt, but until a more user-friendly system is set up for Europe/UK, I will not be partaking. :-(
The number of orders placed is very low, then Again it was announced on a Monday. If you want to maximise success you should aim all press releases for Friday Afternoons/Weekend. (You capture most people that way)
Having said all that, the main reason that most people probably still haven`t brought anything is because they want to see "the goods" first, so to speak.
I think Amiga/Eyetech/Hyperion should bite the bullet and announce a final release date. Then stick to it.
This will aleviate a lot of fears/concerns.
Mikey C
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Posted by José on 25-Jun-2002 13:53 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Mikey C):
Yeah, without a release date I bet many won't buy it. And the majority will probably wait till they get the first impressions once AmigaOS4/AmigaOne comes out. And there's the ones like me, that want't to wait at least for the socketed version, or maybe even the G5 version.
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Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 25-Jun-2002 13:58 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (José):
I guess after waiting 8 to 10 years for new hardware, its easy to wait another year. I can't believe it's almost been 2 years since the talk of new Amigas.
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Posted by John Block on 25-Jun-2002 13:58 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Mikey C):
Having a credit card billed in dollars is not a problem
Reserving machines so that voucher holders got first refusal would have been an idea.
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Posted by redrumloa on 25-Jun-2002 13:59 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (José):
>And there's the ones like me, that want't to wait at least for the socketed
>version, or maybe even the G5 version.
G5?!? Shame it seems like the same story. IF the G5 version was available today, many people would say "I'm waiting for the G7 version".
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Posted by José on 25-Jun-2002 14:03 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (redrumloa):
Not me Red, not me:)
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Posted by Peter Gordon on 25-Jun-2002 14:15 GMT
If buying a coupon got me $50 towards a SharkPPC + OS4, and I could buy one from the UK without a credit card, I would.
But, I can't afford an AmigaONE *AND* a SharkPPC, so I'm not going to buy a coupon.
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Posted by Anonymous on 25-Jun-2002 14:17 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Leki):
The goal is not to buy a coupon but to say hey I'm gonna buy an AmigaOne with OS 4 and getting this coupon mean that I will buy it.
Buying just a coupon and not buying the hardware/OS after is nonsense.
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Posted by José on 25-Jun-2002 14:19 GMT
Have you noticed how the number is growing fast in the last hours?
Not everyone is in par with the news minute to minute, so I bet it will grow even faster in the next days.
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Posted by Darrin on 25-Jun-2002 14:21 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (redrumloa):
>>Yeah:-/ At least the page counter seems to be at ~124,000. Maybe people are procrastinating.
Or maybe there are some worried people at bPlan/Thendic/MOS who are checking the counter every couple of seconds. I'm sure that the 150ish coupons sold to date greatly exceeds the total pre-orders of the Pegasos... and that's supposedly been available for pre-order for much, much longer ;)
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Posted by Golem on 25-Jun-2002 14:23 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (Anonymous):
Yes, it's a preorder scheme, simple really.
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Posted by Kronos on 25-Jun-2002 14:33 GMT
In reply to Comment 14 (Darrin):
Maybe thats because most of the potential Pegasos-buyers are wise enough to
stay away from any pre-order/-payment before they haven't seen the product
themselfes.
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Posted by darklite on 25-Jun-2002 14:33 GMT
Can someone please do a review of the coupon? I'd like to know what I'm buying.
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Posted by z5 on 25-Jun-2002 14:35 GMT
First show me what you are trying to sel, and then maybe i will preorder. It's as simple as that.
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Posted by redrumloa on 25-Jun-2002 14:52 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (Kronos):
@Kronos
You know better than that Kronos.
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Posted by Kronos on 25-Jun-2002 14:58 GMT
In reply to Comment 19 (redrumloa):
Well I do know that sofar only 161 people did buy while McBill was babbeling
about numbers between 2500 and 50000....
And no most people that are vocal about this on Amiga-News.de or in the usenet
say something like:
"Show me what you got and then I'll decide"
regardless if they are pro-"the_name" or pro-"the-evil-empire"
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Posted by priest on 25-Jun-2002 15:01 GMT
10 buyers in the last hour or so...
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Posted by Anonymous on 25-Jun-2002 15:13 GMT
So you expect every day now to have such strong (?) sales,
or will the be a decline in the next 2 days?
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Posted by redrumloa on 25-Jun-2002 15:15 GMT
In reply to Comment 22 (Anonymous):
With any luck there will be a panicked rush in the last 24hours;-)
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Posted by Leki on 25-Jun-2002 15:22 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (Anonymous):
thats pretty obvious
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Posted by priest on 25-Jun-2002 15:23 GMT
In reply to Comment 22 (Anonymous):
It seems the sales varies between 1-10 per hour. Not sure if the peak rate has already been at some point. After the word has spread enough, sales will drop (even more), unless AI manages to add something new to the soup (like secured refunding, preview of the t-shirt, random bundling of old AmigaMall merchandise, coupon adverticing on some major news site, ..., currently it just is a bit pathetic attempt).
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Posted by pries on 25-Jun-2002 15:27 GMT
hehe, a few seconds ago the page just said "coupons sold", but "no worries" they did not run "out of coupons" ;)
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Posted by Darrin on 25-Jun-2002 15:28 GMT
In reply to Comment 17 (darklite):
>>Can someone please do a review of the coupon? I'd like to know what I'm buying.
The following review was conducted by Pointless-Reviews-Inc. Upon hearing of the release of the new high-tech AmigaOne-Coupon we decided to test it against similar competitors, in this case a sheet of photocopier paper, a piece of toilet paper and a $50 bank note. We then conducted a series of tests and recorded the results:
Bulk Value Test: Using $50 we decided to puchase as many sheets of paper as possible.
A1 Coupon - 1
$50 note - 1
Photocopy paper - 5000 sheets
Toilet paper - 5,000,000 sheets
Clearly the toilet paper proved to be the clear winner here with a very poor showing for the coupon and $50 note.
Trade-In-Test: We attaempted to trade in the pieces of paper for a new A1 mobo.
A1 Coupon - we got $50 off the retail price.
$50 note - we got $50 off the retail price.
Photocopy paper - the salesperson asked us to leave the building.
Toilet Paper - the salesperson told us to &%^$ off and called the police.
The joint winners here were the coupon and the $50. The toilet paper was much worse than expected as we got nothing off the price, plus it cost us $5000 to bail our tester out of the county jail.
Ass-Wipe-Test: We attemped to wipe our bottoms on the pieces of paper.
A1 Coupon - soft, strong and thoroughly absorbant.
$50 note - "smeared" rather that "removed"
Photocopy paper - caused some rather nasty paper cuts on the tester's bottom.
Toilet Paper - Testers fingers penetrated the paper causing him to have to wash his hands for 30 minutes with a nail brush.
A clear win for the A1 Coupon and a warning to everyone not to wipe with photocopy paper!!!
Free T-Shirt Test: We attempted to get a free T-Shirt when puchasing the pieces of paper. In the case of the $50, we asked several banks to give us a free T-Shirt while withdrawing $50 from our checking accounts.
A1 Coupon - YES!!!
$50 - No, however one cute cashier gave me her phone number.
Photocopy paper - no
Toilet paper - no
Summary: Despite a poor showing in the "Bulk Value Test", the A1 Coupon proved to be the clear winner overall and comes highly recommended.
I hope this helps ;)
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Posted by Leki on 25-Jun-2002 15:38 GMT
In reply to Comment 27 (Darrin):
LOL :)
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Posted by Ben on 25-Jun-2002 16:10 GMT
I would (and so would others it seems) like to know how the deal works outside of the US - I have no problem being billed in $$ but when/how do we get our t-shirt, and more importantly what is on it?!
Seriously though, how is the deal going to work in the UK, will Eyetech be shipping t-shirts?
:)
Ben
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Posted by Johan Forsberg on 25-Jun-2002 16:15 GMT
This deal needs to be posted to Slashdot, pronto, before the time runs out!
There're at least 10000 former Amiga users reading that forum. I tried to submit a post but it was rejected (hmm... maybe it sounded a bit to much like advertising.)
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Posted by Iggy Drougge on 25-Jun-2002 16:19 GMT
Agreed, it's very low on info. What does the T-shiret look like, what size is it, when will I get it, how, and will the 50 USD voucher work with my retailer in Gothenburg?
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Posted by |Lando| on 25-Jun-2002 16:36 GMT
In reply to Comment 30 (Johan Forsberg):
Hmmm... How and where are Amiga Inc. actually advertising this $50 deal? I mean, if I hadn't read ann I would never have known about it. How are they expecting people who dont read Amiga news sites to know?
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Posted by darklite on 25-Jun-2002 16:41 GMT
In reply to Comment 23 (redrumloa):
So, how many of those 160 or so were yours?
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Posted by Targhan on 25-Jun-2002 17:03 GMT
In reply to Comment 27 (Darrin):
Oh my god, is that ever funny! I laughed so hard that I nearly cried!
unfortunately, after so many people have been burned by The Boxer,
Phase5, and DCE.. How many folks are willing to put their hard earned
cash on the line?
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Posted by cOrpse on 25-Jun-2002 17:09 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (Kronos):
"Maybe thats because most of the potential Pegasos-buyers are wise enough to
stay away from any pre-order/-payment before they haven't seen the product
themselfes."
Yeah we all know what happened before, there again you woudn't know would you kronos ;)
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Posted by Darrin on 25-Jun-2002 17:10 GMT
In reply to Comment 34 (Targhan):
Thanks :) I know what you mean, I got burned on the so-called "Amiga-PCI" card which was also a project by the famous MicK Tinkler (?), the brains behind the BoXeR. However, Amiga Inc have delivered in the past and Hyperion and Eyetech have proven track records so I've already ordered my coupon... now I'm waiting for my T-Shirt which I'll wear with pride next time I "go on the piss" ;)
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Posted by redrumloa on 25-Jun-2002 17:17 GMT
In reply to Comment 33 (darklite):
>So, how many of those 160 or so were yours?
NONE. It's too late, I already ordered a developer board :-P
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Posted by darklite on 25-Jun-2002 17:18 GMT
I thought Eyetech and Hyperion themselves financed the AmigaOne and OS4 respectively. So by ordering The CoupOne one is supporting DE developement?
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Posted by redrumloa on 25-Jun-2002 17:21 GMT
In reply to Comment 34 (Targhan):
>unfortunately, after so many people have been burned by The Boxer,
>Phase5, and DCE.. How many folks are willing to put their hard earned
>cash on the line?
Yeah well, there's a *BIG* difference between this and the scams run by DCE, P5 and Anti-Gravity. They lied out their *ahem BUTT ahem* and stole >$1000 a shot. The ABSOLUTE worst case senario would be you bought a $50 tshirt. Now we all know Eyetech and Hyperion aren't going anywhere.
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Posted by redrumloa on 25-Jun-2002 17:24 GMT
In reply to Comment 38 (darklite):
>I thought Eyetech and Hyperion themselves financed the AmigaOne and OS4
>respectively. So by ordering The CoupOne one is supporting DE developement?
I honestly don't know how this will work out. Personally I am getting the feeling A-Inc are starting to focus more on OS4.0/A1 etc, and less on the sinking ship DE.
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Posted by Joe "Floid" Kanowitz on 25-Jun-2002 18:36 GMT
Re: Procrastination - Some of us nearly-broke types have to wait for transfers before we can use our debit cards. :}
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Posted by cOrpse on 25-Jun-2002 18:39 GMT
In reply to Comment 40 (redrumloa):
"I honestly don't know how this will work out. Personally I am getting the feeling A-Inc are starting to focus more on OS4.0/A1 etc, and less on the sinking ship DE."
Amiga do seem to be putting their head towards the desktop platform now , but i wouldn't say they've given up on DE , they just want something to run it on to do it justice.
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Posted by Esa Haapaniemi on 25-Jun-2002 18:44 GMT
I have tried to add my preorder, but every Amiga Web browser
I have (Voyager Demo&AWeb 3SE) seem not to like the .DLL file
which is "loaded" ???
Any hints how to get this working (without getting a PeeCee,
wich I have several at work, but now I am on vacation and
free of WinNT!!!)
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Posted by amigammc on 25-Jun-2002 19:56 GMT
Was checking the counter and within a few minutes the number of coupons sold went up by three units. I haven't bought mine yet, I'm waiting for my credit cards next billing cycle, but I will soon. 189 (Right now) coupons might not seem much, but I want to remind to those who forget or ignore it that this means already a safe 189 preorders for the first model of the AmigaOne. And when you buy the coupon you're not just preordering the A1, but, more important, you're showing Amiga investors that we do exist and this might be the difference between giving or not giving more cash to Amiga to go on with their projects. Not only, you're actually doing yourself a double favore, because this also shows other HW developers/resellers that we do exist as a market and we are willing to put the money where our mouth is. Someone might even decide to go ahead and produce another AmigaOne (or watcha want to call it) for OS4. At the end we all have to benefit. So, if you do want to get that coupon, but still have a doubt, think that this is a move that could benefit you in the long term.
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Posted by amigammc on 25-Jun-2002 19:58 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Peter Gordon):
So why do you want a Shark for? When the old Amiga underneath breaks you're gonna have to buy a new one.
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Posted by amigammc on 25-Jun-2002 19:59 GMT
In reply to Comment 17 (darklite):
You're not actually buying anything, you're giving $50 to preorder the AmigaOne and get a free t-shirt.
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Posted by amigammc on 25-Jun-2002 20:07 GMT
In reply to Comment 34 (Targhan):
Well... at least 191 as of right now :)
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Posted by amigammc on 25-Jun-2002 20:17 GMT
In reply to Comment 38 (darklite):
>I thought Eyetech and Hyperion themselves financed the AmigaOne
>and OS4 respectively
That's just a rumor
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Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 25-Jun-2002 20:35 GMT
In reply to Comment 45 (amigammc):
Remember, a lot of AmigaOne buyers have sold or will sell their classic hardware. I'm sure the people that buy it will look at the SharkPPC as an option. One advantage of the Mediator solutions is to be able to use the original Video Toaster and other Zorro II/III cards.
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Posted by KenH on 25-Jun-2002 22:18 GMT
I'd like to see some decent shots of OS4 before I preorder. I'd say there are others in a similar prediciment. I trust Hyperion will release some before the offer closes.
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