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From: rgc@wam.umd.edu (Ross Garrett Cutler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Why the big price jump?
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Date: 27 Sep 90 20:39:26 GMT
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In article <2789@unccvax.uncc.edu> cbenda@unccvax.uncc.edu (carl m benda) writes:
>
>Why purchase the pizza box from your University when you can get it
>through a direct purchase from NeXT at the student discount.   I 
>understand that the basic 105 Meg box is 2995 direct from NeXT.
>
>This way you can deal directly with NeXT professionals instead of 
>college Bookstore types.
>
>/Carl...
>
>By the way, since my college bookstore sells Zenith PCs and not NeXT
>machines, NeXT themselves are the only people I can get a Box from.
>
>(dangling participle, I hate it when that happens...)

You're off by a 1000 bucks...According to NeXT, NeXT will sell directly 
to students whose schools do not allow resale; their base system NeXTstation
at this price is 3995.  UM was able to get a great deal because they bought
50 of them in August; their price: 2995; student price: 3220 (because of
the computer store markup).
--
Please email -- I'll summarize.
Ross Cutler
University of Maryland, College Park
Internet: rgc@wam.umd.edu