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From: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
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Subject: Consortium pricing on new macs
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Date: 10 Oct 90 02:55:58 GMT
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Brian W. Ogilvie writes in a message on 06 Oct 90:

BWO>  Here at the University of Chicago, the computer store has decided 
BWO>  to price the Mac Classic 2/40 for $1350, which is only 10% off 
BWO>  the list price which various rumors have given. I am wondering 
BWO>  if other consortium schools are pricing the machines at similar 
BWO>  levels, or whether the U of C has once again decided to gouge 
BWO>  its students and staff. ...


Latest MacWEEK reports that list price on that machine will be $1499, and that
dealers will buy it from 20-28% off list.  In the same article, dealers are
quoted as saying something like "if people think we're gonna discount THIS one
very much, they're nuts.  We got no room.  We gotta make *some* margin."

So perhaps the $1350 isn't such a rip.  'Course, you should wait to see what
your neighborhood dealer is going to charge.

--Adam--
 
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