Posted By
Darren
on 2016-02-28
16:47:11
|  Re: Commodore 16 price at 1986
Commodore 16 Starter kit, including datasette introduction to basic and 4 games, punchy , rolf harris, stellar wars and one other glof i think... 1984 Christmas UK £149.99 (1p change)
The plus 4 was £299 on its own then out of my moms reach for me for christmas..
Fast forward to 1985 C16 were down to £99 and the plus 4 down to £199 with datasette.
The C16 dropped to £79.99 and the plus 4 went to £149.99
The unit itself stayed at £149.99 on its own.
end of 85 C16 christmas time.. They tried the c16 with the two ronnies advertising it as a games machine for school kids. the pack i had then became £79.99
Mid 86 Not one to be found in retail, few left on woolworths/tandy stores for a knock down £49 price but not official I think.. No branding just reduced pricing to clear stock.
Radio rentals and rumbalows carried on with the plus 4.
SHOCK rock bottom price.. I have the box and packaging in conservatory..
The last effort to push the Plus 4 in the UK.
commodore plus 4 - plus pack.
Commodore Plus 4. rrp £149.99
Datasette. rrp £44.95
10 Games.. rrp £59.90
Joystick rrp £9.99
Total Price cost £264.83
All packaged and commodore endorsed price. With a new white sleave on the box..
£99.99
Yep they continued to try and sell it my brother in law was a manager at vision hire and they were selling them on the never never, have the computer and pay £2.50 a week over 52 weeks.
I was 13/14 then so please don't hold me in a court of law, i just remember it because i wanted a plus 4 or a c64 and got a c16 as money was tight... And I was grateful and thanked my mom and when I got my first IT pay check treated her to the £149.99 exactly back as a thank you for my first own computer.
I just remember the prices as my mom moaned a lot during the summer when the c16 dropped in price and she was still paying weekly to webbs the local eletrical store for the £149.99 one..
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