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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple price reductions: for Higher Ed only
Message-ID: <28547@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 89 14:31:15 GMT
References: <6577@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <22726@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <6596@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
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In article <6596@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes:
>In article <22726@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes:
>> Why are the prices confidential? I get a price list just by
>> calling our campus distributor. Nobody says either verbally
>> or in writing on the price list that it is confidential.
>> Unless I'm missing something, I don't see why I couldn't
>> post such prices once I get the new list.
>> 
>
>You are free to distribute this on your own campus.  However, in public
>this is a no-no.  Just look at the top of the price list where it says
>"Confidential Price List."  If yours doesn't say this, then it is not
>an official Apple price list; many campuses produce their own to spruce
>things up a bit.
>
>Also, I believe that the Higher Education agreement that the university
>signs with Apple contains a clause that prohibits this as well, so
>posting could possibly violate your agreement.  (Not that I think Apple
>would sue you :-)
>
If you are speaking of the reseller's price, there is NO confidentiality
involved ... no more than that of a retail dealer.  Almost all of the
AUC schools know what the others sell at as do the faculty and students.
There have been times in the past where one could find discounted retail
pricing LOWER than consortium resale prices.
 
There should be no problem posting a reseller's list (with their permission),
however, it won't do anyone any good since the reseller has a restricted
distribution...
 
As for the Apple price list to the reseller, that IS confidential...
 

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