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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
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Subject: Re: Will pay $200 for Student to Buy Mac
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Date: 6 Feb 91 18:14:29 GMT
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In article <1991Feb5.040636.8503@cbnewsc.att.com> straka@cbnewsc.att.com (richard.j.straka) writes:
:
:>Are you trying to claim that it is immoral for Apple to set its prices the
:>way it does, and that the actions of the original poster are therefore
:>justified?
:
:Side question:
:
:How is it that Apple can set up an arrangement that is a blatant example of
:price discrimination (which, in this country is normally illegal)?  I know

other examples of price discrimination:
I get $1 discount at the movies for being a student.
Grandma gets senior discount just about anywhere.
I pay $$$ in auto insurance because I am male/under 25.

Discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and a few other specific 
qualities may be illegal some of the time,
but discrimination in general is not.
--
-george            george@mech.seas.upenn.edu