Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!mips!atha!aunro!ersys!drin From: ersys!drin@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Adrian Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXTConnection selling NeXT computers Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 14:21:26 GMT References: <1991Apr24.154618.22258@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems, Edmonton, AB, Canada Lines: 27 umcharl3@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Mike Charlton) writes: > There does seem to be some merit in such an idea. For instance, as a student > of the University of Manitoba, I inquired as to the possibility of purchasing > a NeXT on educational discount (I can't afford the full retail price at the > moment), but unfortunately since NeXT can't find a distributer who is > willing to stock the NeXT in Winnipeg, they are unable to sell me one > on educational discount. The NeXT people were very friendly on the phone > (though I never did get any email responses) and even asked me to look > out for a potential distributer in my area. Unfortunately, Winnipeg is > full of computer philistines (:-)) and I couldn't convince anyone. Having > a mail order route where I could purchase a system for less than > suggested retail price would be very handy (in fact I know of 3 or 4 > people who would like to buy a NeXT, but don't have the $6000 Cdn > needed for the base NeXTStation). > > Mike $6000? I'm in Edmonton (we *are* in the same country, aren't we? :-) ) and I paid $4100 for my vanilla 105 slab. Are we talking about the same machine, or are you thinking of something bigger (ie. 400M)? -drin Adrian Smith ersys!drin@nro.cs.athabascau.ca Edmonton Remote Systems: Serving Northern Alberta since 1982