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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Comments about the Classic.
Message-ID: <1990Oct25.041801.18655@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 25 Oct 90 04:18:01 GMT
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In article <44972@sequent.UUCP> cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman) writes:
>es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>< 	Why is it that so many people here are unable to
>< distinguish the concepts of list price and selling price?
>
>Probably for the same reason that so many people are unable to
>distinguish between street prices and educational discounts.
>
	My point was that in comparisons one kind of price should
be used, not list and educ or list and street, which is so often
done by certain 'mac oriented' parties. 8)
	To defend use of educational prices:
	1) probably over 50% of the readers here have access to
educational discounts.
	2) in general the difference between the two educational
prices bears some resemblance to the difference between the two
street prices, although not always.
	3) In general Mac educational prices are slightly lower
than street prices on Mac IIs and slightly higher on Mac
Classics. The store in question is Computer Era, the largest Mac
dealer in the country.
	Also, educational Amiga prices can be given exactly.
"street price" is a vague term which depends on who you ask and
who that person has talked to, kinda like "multitasking". 8)
	-- Ethan

Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

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