Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!crum From: crum@fcom.cc.utah.edu (Gary Crum) Subject: NeXTConnection selling NeXT computers Message-ID: Sender: crum@fcom.cc.utah.edu (Gary Crum) Organization: University of Utah Distribution: comp Date: 23 Apr 91 22:34:07 This is an unofficial proposal and evaluation of public interest. Are people out there interested in the possibility of NeXTConnection selling NeXT computers themselves and not just 3rd party products related to NeXT computers? It seems like a very interesting possibility, and "very prudent at this juncture" given the excellent efficiency of NeXTConnection (overnight shipping for $3, very kind and explicit order staff, etc.) and also considering the new serivce arrangement with Motorola field service centers, and the new NeXTedge technical support offering. The few retailers that NeXT is selling through now could take care of those customers who are fundamentally against ordering computers by mail. And, the high efficiency and low prices of NeXTConnection could even give college students competetive NeXT computer purchase alternatives, for the cases where their bookstore policies are not the greatest. At this time, it's certainly more feasible for NeXT to sell through NeXTConnection that it is for Apple to sell through MacConnection. Please post followups here. I don't want to administer a big vote on this. Gary