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From: commike@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Alan Commike )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Educational Discounts
Message-ID: <16030@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: 20 Jan 90 20:41:37 GMT
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Reply-To: commike@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Alan Commike )
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Hi all,

I was just off to my local dealer to try to find out some more about the
educational discounts. This is what i've gotten:

	- Only packages are available to University students:

		- 500 + 512K mem exp. + ext. drive + 1084 				... $799  
		- 2000 + 2nd internal floppy + XT bridgeboard + 1084	... $1599
		- 2000 + 40 Meg HD + AT bridgeboard + 1084				... $2579
		- 2500/30 + AT bridgeboard + 1084						... $3679

	- To get any other equipment (the whole commodore line) you must
	  also buy a package. For example:

		- 2630 w/ 2 Meg											... $1429 
		- 2091-40 												... $589

	- If you are an "Educational Institution" you could buy any 
      of the misc. equipment.


I have with me an order form and, "Terms and Conditions of sale for 
educational institions".  I don't have a general terms and conditions for
students and employees. I am questioning if an institution can actually
buy separate components. It does say right on the order form, "Individual 
components may only be purchased in conjunction with a system or CPU". 

Does anyone have any different or additional information. Their definition
of an Educational Institution is a bit odd.

A) 	Elementary or secondary school (K - 12) accredited by the State Board
	of Education or equiv.

B)	A vocational, technical or post-secondary school accredited by
		1) one of the six regional accrediting agencies of higher ed.
		2) authorized state govt. dept.
		3) or an agency or association recognized by such a dept.

C) Special Ed. schools... 


What are the "six regional accrediting agencies of higher education"??
I take this to mean any University. Can anyone elaborate?


On the order form there is a place for an "Authorized Institution 
Representative" to sign. But it does not define this. Is this the president
of the University, the head of the department, a faculty member??


Well there you have it. Discounts it seems are only for whole systems, which
leaves out upgrading your current system, without buying a whole new box.
Great for 500 owners, kinda lousy for me and the rest of the 2000 owners.
The deal about instiutions buying individual components, i'm not too sure
about. But the discounts are real!! Oh, and the A2232 Multi-Serial Board
is listed. List $399, disc. $259. 

    ...alan

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