Author: Steve (c8cust143.starstream.net)
Date: 05-15-2003 12:11
AWWW-Humm,,
Guess all of you guys don't know why Falcons
are so expensive.
Allow me to explain.
Statement in fact...
It just so happens, that the Bell+Howell company, produced several models of their
gigantic mail sorting machines using Falcons
at the central brain unit. People don't even
realize that a significant percentage of the
mail in California gets to where it is going because of Atari Falcons... :)
Statement in fact..
The company has an open ended gentleman's
agreement with all the remaining Atari retailers that lays a bounty of up to $1500
per serviceable unit and as many as they can get their hands on,,, period.
They are being stripped down and the circuit
boards are shipping as "spares" for the
mail sorting machines.
THIS is the reason Falcons are so expensive.
Simple supply and demand and it also means,
(unfortunately for the common folk),
that the Falcons ARE worth $1000+
Its the fools selling them for dirt on eBay
that are giving you the illusion that they
are worth less.
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