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From: jstewart@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Ace Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SE/30 Ugrade Price
Message-ID: <3750@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 15 Jun 90 11:36:16 GMT
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In article <904@idunno.Princeton.EDU> vnend@idunno.Princeton.EDU (D. W. James) writes:
>	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.

The prices I was working with are not even comparable. If the cost
has gone down to this, then most of my arguments quiet down. I still
beleive that much of it doesn't make sense, but it appears for the
SE/30 upgrade it is getting better.

>	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.)

I didn't realize that, but if the SE/30 situation is being corrected, 
perhaps soon this situation will be. And Brooklyn is for sale if 
anyone is interested.  :-)

==

To follow up on the Stanfored deal, are their Apple people that may 
make mention of the possibility that this offer will move out to
other Universities? I like the idea of trading an SE in..

					Ace
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