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From: starta@tosh.UUCP (John Starta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Sys 7.0 :  Greedy Dealers?
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Date: 14 May 91 22:52:28 GMT
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warden@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Warden) writes:

> Well, I've checked with several authorized dealers around the
> Philadelphia area and the ones that are expecting shipments
> soon say that they are only offering the personal upgrade
> option for $99.  What about just coping the system onto
> floppies I bring in?  The dealers "claim" to know nothing
> about such a policy.  I know that Apple's official policy
> allows this, but is there anything to force dealers to
> comply?  It seems to me that they are all trying to cash
> in on a little piece of the pie.

No. Your dealer isn't required to provide free updates (i.e., you bring in 
the blank disks and he make a copy for you) to System 7.0; Apple simply made 
the "free" update option available to them.

If your dealer doesn't want to be a "good sport," my suggestion would be to
visit your local user group, or contact BMUG. BMUG will send you System 7.0 
for basically what it costs for the disks and postage -- $20, as I recall.

John

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