Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ulysses!princeton!eosp1!mcmillan From: mcmillan@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.legal Subject: Re: Princeton's way of selling MACs Message-ID: <614@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 15:58:17 EST Article-I.D.: eosp1.614 Posted: Fri Feb 24 15:58:17 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Feb-84 04:28:10 EST References: <5840@uiucdcs.UUCP> Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 24 I was informed by a Princetonian that the university has done something slightly diferent than what I originally suggested. The University has arranged for students to buy the MACs through a local small computer company, Clancy-Paul, that sells at several locations, including the University store. I am told that CLancy-Paul will get the commission, which is about $200 for the hardware, and $99 for the (currently) "free" MACpaint and MACwrite software. There is certainly a lot of commonsense in giving a computer store the responsibility for selling computers, and it makes sense to pay them for the effort. $200 may be very reasonable for the hardware; $99 is just plain silly for the software unless Clancy-Paul is undertaking to provide a lot of software customer support. But seriously, here is a commercial computer dealer selling MACs for less than half of list price!! (1) Is this legal? (2) Does Clancy Paul have the same right as the University to restrict sales of the low price MAC to students? - Toby Robison allegra!eosp1!robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison princeton!eosp1!robison (NOTE! NOT McMillan; Robison.)