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From: piper@s5000.RSVL.UNISYS.COM (Piper Keairnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Re: Will pay $200 for Student to Buy Mac
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Date: 7 Feb 91 22:57:32 GMT
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dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM writes:

>>
>>    On a more positive note. Try calling MacFriends (see any mac mag).
>>Their prices compare to those we get with an educational discount.
>>

>You should have said this in the first place instead of trying to
>use a worthless argument.

Blah blah blah.... :-)

For a real world example, I am a student at Purdue University and we have
fairly good educational prices. BUT, I bought my computer completely third
party.  I saved about $1000 over what it would have cost through the univer-
sity.  This was on a loaded IIci system. I shopped around for several weeks in
all the Mac mags and found the best prices from a number of places. Each
piece of hardware came from somewhere else. The service wasn't that great
at some places, but the money saved was worth the trouble.

And of course just three months after I bought my Quantum 105 HD, prices
have dropped nearly $200. Caveat emptor.

Good luck to all ...
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