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- Subject: Re: Sparc classic -- there *is* edu pricing
- Message-ID: <BxzDoI.x4@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz>
- From: mike@elec.canterbury.ac.nz (Cosmik Debris)
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:45:54 GMT
- References: <1dsdrdINNmel@almaak.usc.edu> <peterj.722076083@s11>
- Organization: Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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- In article <peterj.722076083@s11>, peterj@uwa.oz.au (Peter E. Jones) writes:
- > ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
- >
- > >Here is the data I got:
- >
- > >EDUCATION PRICING
- > >
- > >SPARCclassic
- > >============
- > > List End User
- > > ===== ========
- > >
- > >15" color, 16MB, 207MB $4,295 $3,356
- >
- > Down under in OZ the "discount" for educational users makes this machine
- > AUD$8,500 - which gives an exchange rate of about AUD$1==USA$.39
- > instead of about .69! (At this rate Oz price should be $4,900 + ship'g)
- >
- > Anyone know who is getting all those extra dollars?
- >
- > --
- > Peter Jones .-_!\ Phone: +61 9 380 3100
- > Electrical & Electronic Eng / \ Fax: +61 9 380 1065
- > University of Western Australia --->> P_.-._/
- > NEDLANDS, Western Australia 6009 o E-mail: peterj@swanee.uwa.oz.au
-
- Even worse here. NZ$12500
- --
- Cosmik Debris -- "I owe money, therefor I am"
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