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From: mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple price reductions: for Higher Ed only
Message-ID: <7703@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 9 Apr 89 01:25:37 GMT
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Reply-To: mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Organization: Department of Media Services, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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In article <6626@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes:
>Well, the only price list that is used here is the price list to the
>reseller.  The reseller here at Ball State just copies the price list that
>Apple sends him without modifications -- they do not tack on any additional
>fees, since they have a good university budget (for consulting) to work on
>(and they are not allowed to make a profit) -- and distributes that among
>the various people at the university.

Wow!  I wish someone would have a little chat with Cornell, Inc.  Our
campus AUC reseller (Micros and Office Systems, MOS for short -- yes,
it's pronounced like 'moss' ;-) does have a markup.  Not a big one,
from what I understand, but they are REQUIRED to make a profit, rather
than, as at Ball State, apparently, being PROHIBITED from making a
profit.  That's typical of Cornell, unfortunately.

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