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From: timm@yoyodyne.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Tim McClarren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple Trade Up Event ??!!
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.180028.14122@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 91 18:00:28 GMT
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In article <1991Apr17.011522.28577@cec1.wustl.edu> jdw4374@cec2.wustl.edu (Jeff Wolman) writes:
>Here at Washington University, we've got the Apple Trade-Up Policy occuring
>here next week (April 22-26).  Basically, you bring in your old machine, in its
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>		Mac Plus (1M, 1 800K disk drive):	$200
>		Mac SE/30 (1M memory/40M HD):		$1400 (or so)
>
	Here is a quick and easy way for enterprising students to make
a little cash (if they have enough capital).  At UI the trade-up event
took place at the Micro-Order Center inside the student union, a building
which has free access for all individuals.  Take a bunch of cash with
you to the locale (if it's not private property) where the Apple Trade
Up event is taking place and offer $25 bucks more to each person than
Apple does.  If a customer is going to trade-up, they'd probably rather
take the cash from you and buy a new Mac as a student anyways, as they'll
come out ahead.  Since you're buying the Macs for less than street value
(as compared to BoCoEx), you can resell them and come out ahead.  Apparently
some students did this here.
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Tim McClarren
NCSA/UI