Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.misc:1409 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:7345 comp.misc:11677 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!dorm.rutgers.edu!medici From: medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.misc Subject: Re: Educator discount list: Is there/should there be one? Message-ID: Date: 12 Mar 91 04:08:24 GMT References: <1991Mar11.082920.7396@hoss.unl.edu> <1991Mar11.175031.1781@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.misc Distribution: usa Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 30 so@brownie.cs.wisc.edu (Bryan S. So) writes: >Talking about educational discounts, I am totally confused by some >companies. Take Greenleaf Software as an example, I am interested >in their Super Functions package which is listed $299.00. I called >for an educational discount, they offered 15% off. >Now if you purchase the same package from other software houses, >e.g. Programmer's Connection, you can get as low as $229.00 (about >23% off). Effectively, they are not offering anything to students. >I told them about this. They already knew about it and told me they >were not allowed to directly compete with those software houses or >something close... I don't understand a bit! Often the manufacturer cites dealer support as the reason for this policy. In truth, larger companies often don't want to be bothered with small orders (less than six digits). Other times, small companies need to provide assurance to dealers that they won't errode the dealer's profit potential. Unfortunately, this is not uncommon. Even when I was doing a lot of consulting (and selling lots of hardware and software), I often found mail-order pricing lower than what I would pay to the major distributors and manufacturers. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Medici ** Systems Programmer III * Rutgers University Computing Services medici@elbereth.rutgers.edu * medici@cancer.BITNET * !rutgers!elbereth!medici My opinions are not necessarily my employers'. *Reality is context-sensitive.