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From: johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu
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Subject: Re: Will pay $200 for Student to Buy Mac
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Date: 3 Feb 91 20:07:50 GMT
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An observation:

It had been suggested that Apple is defrauded by "ineligibles"
who arrange to buy Macs at academic discounts.  I think the real
losers are the VARs and retailers (the ComputerLands and BusinessLands).
In our area, a local ComputerLand does an enormous amount of repair
work on computers purchased by students.  The costs might be defrayed
by repair charges or Apple warranty reimbursements, but the net result
is that a ComputerLand is giving up some of its ability to service 
paying customers in order to fulfill it's obligation as an authorized
reseller.  Service people have told me that the non-student academic 
Macs just add insult to injury.

I guess this won't dissuade somebody who'll try to give a student
$200 to break a contract -- but there is more at stake than a few
dollars lost in Apple profits.  Why give ComputerLand yet another
reason to push IBM PC's?

-- Bill (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)