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From: dpassage@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (David G. Paschich)
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Subject: Re: Will pay $200 for Student to Buy Mac
Summary: Why it turns out to be pointless
Message-ID: <1991Feb10.044133.18469@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 10 Feb 91 04:41:33 GMT
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In article <1991Jan31.031816.5109@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> sharp@fsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp) writes:
>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
>
>    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.

On a more constructive note, it should be noted that the current student
price for a Mac Classic with 2MB and a 40MB hard drive is $1150 or so, while
the current street price is around $1300, thus not making it worth paying
$200 for the priviledge of getting the student discount.  One side effect of
Apple's new low pricing strategy is that the student discount isn't nearly
as deep anymore


David G. Paschich
dpassage@ocf.berkeley.edu
Just say not to huge .sigs!