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From: jfr@locus.com (Jon Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac LC Availability??
Message-ID: <20827@oolong.la.locus.com>
Date: 21 Dec 90 03:56:06 GMT
References: <5000@dogie.macc.wisc.edu>
Organization: Locus Computing Corp, Los Angeles
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In article <5000@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> keir@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Rick Keir, MACC) writes:
>
>>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.
>

This is gibberish... I do not think it would be legal for Apple to
dishonor a warranty (which is included printed on a form in all of
their products) based upon the dealer from whom you purchased your
machines... Warranties are given to the consumer by the manufacturer
and I believe that if Apple failed to honor the warranty of any
legally obtainable machine, they would be subject to severe sanctions
by any court that heard the case...
 
There is NOTHING ILLEGAL OR IMMORAL about buying a
computer from any source that has obtained it legally... Illegal
in this sense means having stolen it... If a dealer violates its
contractual agreement with Apple not to sell to mail order companies,
this is not illegal, only a contract violation... Since the consumer
has no contractual relationship to the original Apple dealer, they
should be held harmless in this transaction...
 
Jon Rosen