Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.wanted:2451 soc.college:6798 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!alberta!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!news From: sharp@fsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted,soc.college Subject: Re: Will pay $200 for Student to Buy Mac Message-ID: <1991Jan31.031816.5109@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> Date: 31 Jan 91 03:18:16 GMT References: <5606@auspex.auspex.com> <3866@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> Organization: U. of Calgary Computer Science Lines: 42 Nntp-Posting-Host: fsd In article <3866@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu writes: >From article <5606@auspex.auspex.com>, by hitz@auspex.auspex.com (Dave Hitz): >> A friend of mine is looking for a student who can get a good >> educational discount to by him a Mac. (I mean, he'll pay for it, but >> the student has to buy it for the discount to work.) >> >> And he'll also pay the student $200 (or anyone who has access to the >> educational discount) $200 for their trouble. > >This may be illegal at most educational institutions. Here you must Hiya, Paul was not strong enough in his protest. I think what your friend is proposing is not only illegal but immoral. It is people like your friend that could cause students to loose their educational discount. Students get good prices for two main reaons. One it is good advertising for the company that gives the discount. Two, students do not have much money. Your friend probably works, makes money, has a car. Let the cheap bastard buy his own damn mac. Stop trying to exploit students. Enough people are doing that already without some cheapskate trying to add to the problem. On a more positive note. Try calling MacFriends (see any mac mag). Their prices compare to those we get with an educational discount. maurice -- Maurice Sharp MSc. Student (403) 220 7690 University of Calgary Computer Science Department 2500 University Drive N.W. sharp@cpsc.UCalgary.CA Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 GEnie M.SHARP5