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From: dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: New Apple Self-Help Tools
Message-ID: <17258@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM>
Date: 17 Apr 91 17:39:35 GMT
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In article <51554@apple.Apple.COM> keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes:

>The first consideration is the price of the components of each
>package.  For instance, sez here that the Mac C Programming package
>consists of THINK C, Mac Programming Primer, Human Interface
>Guidelines, and Mac Programming Secrets. THINK C runs $200-250, and you
>can figure about $20 for each book. This means that the total price
>should be in the area of $280-$330. The actual price is $250.
>
>Now, this sort of leads to the second consideration, which is the
>discount that Apple gives you. THINK C by itself costs $249 from APDA.
>That means that Apple is throwing in 4 books for $1.


This is totally bogus.

You can get THINK C from MacWarehouse for $165.  Plus, you get
overnight delivery instead of six to eight weeks.

I read my APDAlog to find out what's available, but I'd never buy
anything from APDA if there's any other source at all.

I saw the "announcement," too, and chucked it.  It looks like APDA has
lumped together a more-or-less random collection of things, called
them "Starter Kits," and reduced their prices to nearly street prices.


> buying them! When we asked around, we found out that customers didn't
> think that such a package could be any good at that low of a price. So
> Apple raised the price and the course started selling more briskly.


Don't tell me, let me guess--you were talking to executives, not
programmers, right?

Sorry if I'm stepping on your toes, but I don't think you'll get much
support from this newsgroup.  People here tend to know a good price
from a bad price.  And I doubt that anyone here was put off by $199
(or even $99) being "too low" a price; speaking strictly for myself, I
looked at those courses a while back, figured they were probably
pretty good, and decided I couldn't afford them.


-- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com)  I don't speak for my employer. --
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