preece@uicsl.UUCP (02/24/84)
#R:sri-arpa:-1678900:uicsl:7000055:000:1018 uicsl!preece Feb 23 09:00:00 1984 ...I understand that Princeton is offering MACs to its students at $1255, not $1055. As I heard it, either the University, or the University Store, is taking a commission on each machine. Please note that this rather greedy strategy will put quite a damper on the desire of any students to sell MACs to the black market for $1300... ---------- Doesn't seem all that greedy to me. The university is presumably taking care of shipping, inventory, and setup on the machines, providing staff to take care of selling them, and so forth. Sounds like a lot less markup than Computerland gets. The university is also presumably providing communications facilities and locally produced software. Every university store I've dealt with has charged some markup to cover their overhead. Some even subsidize other university operations. I don't see any obligation for the university to subsidize the sale of the Macs to students beyond arranging the discounts in the first place. scott preece ihnp4!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece