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From: vnend@idunno.Princeton.EDU (D. W. James)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SE/30 Ugrade Price
Message-ID: <904@idunno.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 15 Jun 90 02:41:24 GMT
References: <10657@oolong.la.locus.com> <898@banyan.UUCP> <3741@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Reply-To: vnend@idunno.Princeton.EDU (D. W. James)
Organization: Princeton University
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In article <3741@rodan.acs.syr.edu> jstewart@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Ace Stewart) writes:
)In article <898@banyan.UUCP> barnette@banyan.UUCP (Steve Barnette) writes:
)[stuff deleted...]
)>But $1600 is a lot of money. In Fact one store told me I could sell
)>my SE used and buy a SE/30 cheaper with discounts than the upgrade 
)>would cost.
 
)In working closely with some Apple Reps here at SU, the preceeding 
)statement was the truth. I would pay near $1800 for an SE -> SE/30
)upgrade, yet if I sold my SE and bought an SE/30 new, it would cost
)me about $66 (ie the difference between the amount I could get for
)my SE and the cost of a comparable SE/30)

	Prices that I've seen (university pricing) work out like this:

New SE w/ 20 meg hd	~1060
New SE/30 w 40 meg hd	~1950
Upgrade SE -> SE/30	~1900
Rebate for old board	 750
Total upgrade cost	~1150

So the path isn't as rediculous as it first appears, as long as the 
people doing your upgrade aren't keeping that old MB for themselves.
You still end up paying an extra 250 or so, but if you don't have
two grand in the first place, it isn't too bad.

(All prices are approximate AUC pricing, not including local markup and
taxes.) 

)Apple, I don't get it. The upgrade policy doesn't seem to work with
)hardware at all does it? I love my Mac, but those numbers make no
)sense whatsoever.

	The one that doesn't make any sense is the 512 & 128 to plus
upgrades.  Rock bottom, no mark up, no taxes, you get all the refunds
for old roms and drives etc returned to apple gets you an upgrade to
a whole plus for about 475.  Figure 600 for a more reasonable price.
But the AUC price for a *new* Plus is $649.  That's about 750 after
markup and tax.  Anyone who buy's apples upgrade is an idiot  (and, yes,
there are some of us that could use a mear plus.)


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