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From: ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: educational Mac pricing
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Date: 10 Mar 90 08:46:20 GMT
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< Without knowing exactly what ad, from what dealer, in what paper, etc. in
< which these prices showed up, it's impossible to say for sure. But, in theory
,
< it should be very difficult for dealers to undercut a campus price. Nobody
< outside Apple gets better prices than ed. institutions.

How about developers?  We get some pretty good discounts.  And some
amazing service, even.  We needed an SE/30 *RIGHT* *AWAY*.  We ordered
from Apple on Tuesday, and called them on Wednesday to ask how long it
would take.  They said three weeks.  We explained how much we needed
that machine.  It arrived Friday.

						Tim Smith