Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!ugle.unit.no!nuug!ulrik!teromen From: teromen@ulrik.uio.no (Terje Romen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: MACINTOSH EDUCATIONAL PRICE LIST WANTED!! Message-ID: <910430.103125.teromen@tussi> Date: 30 May 91 08:31:25 GMT Sender: news@ulrik.uio.no (Mr News) Organization: University of Oslo Lines: 79 Nntp-Posting-Host: tussi.uio.no I'm sorry to be wasting the bandwidth, but I wasn't able to include me comments in the previous posting regarding this matter. In response to my original posting I would like to comment on the response I have got through this group and direct mail. From Jim Gaynors article: >Subject: Re: MACINTOSH EDUCATIONAL PRICE LIST WANTED!! >From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu >Organization: Ohio Cooperative Extension Service >Path: ulrik!nuug!ugle.unit.no!sunic!hagbard!eru!bloom-beacon!mintaka!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu!agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu!GAYNOR >Reply-To: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu >Date: 29 May 91 13:30:10 GMT > >In article <910429.101406.teromen@tussi>, teromen@ulrik.uio.no (Terje Romen) writes: >> >>Hi there! >> >>I would like to receive a Macintosh *educational* price list, as I have a friend >>studying at Arizona State University who would be able to buy a Mac for me at >>these prices. > >Although you'll probably have a copy sent to you by someone anyways, I'd like >to insert these notes: > >The Higher Education Pricing Program (HEPP) price lists are >confidential. Sez so right on the front of them (I'm looking at one >as I type). Now, that doesn't mean that someone can't tell you about >the prices that their campus computer store charges, since that came >from the price list that store published, but the actual Apple HEPP >list is confidential. (Even though it's one of the most widely >distributed "confidential" documents that I know of ;-) > >Re-selling equipment purchased under an educational program, or buying >equipment for someone else is another no-no. More than likely, your >friend would have to sign an agreement when he buys the equipment >stating that he will be using for educational purposes, and that he >will not resell it for a certain period of time. Also, in most such >programs, folks can only buy one CPU every two years. You friend >might want to consider that. > >Submitted for your consideration. I make no judgement of right or >wrong - that is for you and your friend. > >--- >Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University >VMS: UNIX: >Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine. So there! >Witty Quote: "Think, think, think, think..." - Winnie-the-Pooh, Taoist Bear. > To Jim Gaynor and others that have replied directly by mail I'm sorry if I have caused any trouble with my request for Mac edu. prices. Working for the University of Oslo, I only have knowledge about local policy for sale and resale at educational prices. Currently there are no restrictions other than that one may not buy more than *one computer in one day*, meaning that you may buy another computer the next day without violating current restrictions, even though educational prices are 30-40% below MSRP. If resale of equipment purchased at educational prices in the US are as re- stricted as described above, I don't think I will bother asking my friend to purchase a Mac for me, even though he would use it for about 6 months before returning to Norway with it. As for restriction of resale, it seems to me that this must be some kind of hype as educational prices (yes, I did get some through the mail) seems to be comparable to current street prices. Hope that this will be the end of postings regarding this matter as I understand I should have posted my original request in the mac.systems.wanted group, which I later did. Best regards, Terje Romen