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Date: Sun 29-Nov-1989 23:06:50 From: Unknown Subject: NeXT price on campus The Price of the NeXT cube with basic configuration of: NeXT computer 8 meg of RAM Mega Pixel display NeXT keyboard NeXT mouse 40 Meg Accelerator hard drive 256 Meg magneto-optical drive NeXT boudled Software Total Price$ = $6982 Wait-a-second...Isn't that the price of a cube of this configuration $6500 according to NeXT? Then why we have to pay about $500 more if we buy it from the shop on the campus? (and was discount price for student!) Is this my misunderstanding, or the shop is charging some *extra* for themselves? Chun cyliao@wam.umd.edu >From: eht@f.word.cs.cmu.edu (Eric Thayer)
Date: Sun 30-Nov-1989 15:27:42 From: Unknown Subject: Re: NeXT price on campus In article <1989Nov29.230650.3206@eng.umd.edu> cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) writes: >Wait-a-second...Isn't that the price of a cube of this configuration $6500 >according to NeXT? Then why we have to pay about $500 more if we buy it from >the shop on the campus? (and was discount price for student!) > >Is this my misunderstanding, or the shop is charging some *extra* for >themselves? > ARGH!!! Here we go again!
Date: Sun 30-Nov-1989 08:17:19 From: Unknown Subject: Re: NeXT price on campus cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) writes: >The Price of the NeXT cube with basic configuration of: > [standard NeXT system] > NeXT boudled Software ^^^^^^^ I don't know about that though... > Total Price$ = $6982 >Wait-a-second...Isn't that the price of a cube of this configuration $6500 >according to NeXT? Then why we have to pay about $500 more if we buy it from >the shop on the campus? (and was discount price for student!) Damn friend you are lucky. The fine institution I attend (Univ o' Texas @ Austin) charges $7200.00 for this configuration. Most everywhere will charge for "service" and "support". (it is even fairly good at UT) Chris
Date: Sun 02-Dec-1989 22:29:58 From: Unknown Subject: Re: NeXT price on campus In article <1989Nov29.230650.3206@eng.umd.edu> cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) writes: >The Price of the NeXT cube with basic configuration of: > Total Price$ = $6982 >Is this my misunderstanding, or the shop is charging some *extra* for >themselves? >Chun >cyliao@wam.umd.edu Yes, the college store is charging some *extra* for themselves. The contract NeXT has with all the colleges it deals with allows them to charge extra fees to cover internal cost and whatever else they want. Where do you think the shop staff's salaries come from. I'm sure that similar provisions exist in the contracts other computer manufacturers have with colleges but we don't know at what price those companies are selling to the schools. Don't complain too much, some places (like Stanford) have _really_ high markups. #8^) Christopher Douty cdouty@jarthur.claremont.edu with STANDARD_DISCLAIMER; use STANDARD_DISCLAIMER; "Gun control is being with SILLY_QUOTE; use SILLY_QUOTE; able to hit your target" >From: kevin@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Kevin Harris)
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