elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green) (03/02/89)
in article <9504@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, amiga@athena.mit.edu (MITAUG Staff) says: > In article <Feb.27.20.52.35.1989.7519@topaz.rutgers.edu> witting@topaz.rutgers.edu (Paul K Willing) writes: >>whether a Student Discount Plan might be available, or if any attempts >>were being made to introduce Amigas to College computer centers? > We had alot of problems trying to get C= to offer a student plan here > at MIT. They insisted that the microcomputer center act as a full > dealer and handle repairs etc.... also strong objections were heard The problem is that CBM in the past attained a reputation for poor support. So now they require new dealers to be full service computer outlets. That way, when your computer breaks under warranty, you just take it back to where you bought it and they fix it for you. Otherwise service is a nightmare -- what do you do with it when it breaks? Send it back to Commodore? Commodore is a manufacturing company, not a service company... they do not have hoards of techs ready to devour your computer & turn out a repaired object. So I doubt you'll see the Amiga in your local campus bookstore anytime soon, for good reason. (BTW, I don't know what IBM and Apple do here.... tell the student to go to a local dealer if needs service? Works for them, but there may not BE a local Amiga dealer in many places). > If you can convince whomever is in charge of school sales to act as a > distributor on the campus you might be in luck ... If they wanted to do educational discounts, the best way to do it would be through the existing Amiga dealer network. They did that when the A-1000 came out, but I don't know what happened to that plan. Maybe there was too much fraud involved, or something? Anybody got the scoop? -- | // Eric Lee Green P.O. Box 92191, Lafayette, LA 70509 | | // ..!{ames,decwrl,mit-eddie,osu-cis}!killer!elg (318)989-9849 | | \X/ >> In Hell you need 4Mb to Multitask << |
baron@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (just another peon) (03/03/89)
I wonder if C-A would reconsider the restriction which requires authorized dealers to also be service centers, at least where selling them through colleges and universities are concerned. Many college students pick up their first computer through these educational discounts and packages offered at their campus bookstore or some such. They often don't really know what they want, and aren't about to go shopping around to different retail stores to compare different machines. At least at our bookstore, if they could see a comparison between the Macintosh line and the PS/2 lines that they do offer and an Amiga line, I bet the Amiga's would outsell either of the other two. All I can do now though, is sigh sadly whenever I see some neophyte with money to spend 'ooh-ing and ahh-ing' over the PS/2 demos they have running... -- INTERNET: baron@uuccux.uucc.hawaii.edu \ BITNET: baron@uhccux.bitnet > "Make beans into peas!" ICBM: 21 19 N 157 52 W /
pat@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Pat Rolls) (01/20/90)
How about Higher Educational Staff? Computer Center staff at many
Colleges and Universities:
.Offer non credit courses on software and hardware products.
.Let students know of educational discounts available.
.Instruct faculty and students in computer use.
.Aid students and faculty in networking or communicating with
campus computing facilities.
.Approve campus procurements for computers.