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From: keir@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Rick Keir, MACC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac LC Availability??
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Date: 20 Dec 90 22:07:36 GMT
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>Just for information, I got a call last week from a company called ICC
>(International Computer Corp - I think) that sells Macintoshes.  He said
>that he had LC's in stock at that time and the price was $1,425 for
>the LC 2/40 and $595 for the 12" color monitor.  Total:  $2,020.  It 
>doesn't appear that the student discount gives you much!!!
> 
>Bryan Emery

The student discount gives you a warranty, which this may not.
Apple's policy has been to support retail sales thru dealers
and to prohibit sales thru the mail or over the phones.  This
is one of the privileges dealers get in return for the costs
of a dealership.

Policies vary between companies on backing a warranty on un-
authorized sales;  they may give you a warranty anyway, but
the dealer who is reselling their machines on the gray market
may well lose their dealership for breach of contract.

Disclaimer:  I have not read an article this week about Apple's
sales policies, so for all I know they have reversed themselves;
however the no mail-order policy has been true in the past, and
dealerships have been pulled for violations of this policy.

If you are tempted to buy this way, I would contact Apple
first and find out what kind of warranty protection you'd get.

[In any case, I never trust a company that has "International"
in its title, unless they can tell me the address of their
overseas offices].