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From: terry@helios.ucsc.edu (Terry Ricketts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Educational Discounts
Summary: drive 2 miles
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Date: 16 Feb 90 22:55:19 GMT
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In article <90021610511130@masnet.uucp> daniel.ervi@canremote.uucp (DANIEL ERVI) writes:
>Well, I was informed yesterday that us Canadians will not receive any 
>educational discounts.  This means if you live just 1 mile over the 
>boder, a 2500 will cost you 5500(CDN), but if you live in the states, 1 
>mile away, you can get the same system with a monitor, and an AT 
>BridgeCard for about 4500 (CDN).  Does this seem unfair, or is it just 
>me....

     Is it possible to drive the 2 miles to a dealer in the States, or is the
fact that you are a student in a Canadian school prohibit you from buying?
This is a strange set of events, especially since I read recently that 90% of
Canadians live within 100 miles of the US/Canadian border. This could make
dealers near the border very busy ).