camelsho@matt.ksu.ksu.edu ( James Seymour ) (05/01/91)
I'm still contemplating the purchase of Coherent. Toward that end, I went into the KSU Union Book Store today to enquire wether or not there was an educational discount on Coherent. The computer dept manager called Mark Williams Co. After a little exploration he found out that there is indeed an educational didscount available. He is being sent the details and if anybody is interested I can post a summary after he recieves same. Gee, *NIX for under $100----What a country! james seymour camelsho@matt.ksu.ksu.edu "I still dont get it," quinnbob@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
camelsho@matt.ksu.ksu.edu ( James Seymour ) (05/23/91)
With a long wait over, I'm afraid that I have some bad news. There is indeed an Educational Discound (ED), but it with store markup, my bookstore cannot beat the mail order price unless more than 30 (or was it 35) packages are ordered. The guy was just looking at the paper work as I watched from my accross the desk vantage point. (Reading upside down is a pain) The breakdown seemed to be a 20% discount if 9 to 29 copies are ordered. 30% ED if 30+. There were about 3 more catagories, but I was not quik enough to read them. Therefore, unless you can get several people from a club or something, I think that the $99 is about the best deal you can get. Since I'm not yet at a point where I can justify Coherent, I'm not the person to rally behind at this point. Possibly someone with university connections could volunteer to be a collecting point for a group order? sorry to get any hopes up, james seymour camelsho@matt.ksu.ksu.edu