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From: rewing@Apple.COM (Richard Ewing)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple Prices
Message-ID: <32628@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 Jun 89 15:08:46 GMT
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My college also charges 50 dollars a machine.  The reason given (and it made
sense was that after you got through with taxes, shipping, handling, etc.,
50 bucks was a nice round number.  They were nice enough to wave the charge
on smaller things like Ram kits, cables, and the like.

--Rick Ewing
  Apple Atlanta