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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
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Subject: Re: Why the big price jump?
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Date: 21 Sep 90 15:52:57 GMT
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From article <1990Sep21.034515.29804@wam.umd.edu>, by rgc@wam.umd.edu (Ross Garrett Cutler):
>    It could that NeXT is really discounting their low end computer (the
> 105 MB version), hoping to make more for the larger systems.  But I thought

This is unsurprising and is a routine sales strategy that cuts across
industries:  give the basic system away and make the money on the extras.
The auto industry comes to mind.  Options packages are often worse pocketbook
gougers than the basic car itself.
--
Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu

                 "Was all of this because I wore a big man's hat?"