Does this qualify as anticompetitive behaviour???
On 25/04/2006, at 6:21 AM, Stephen Atherton wrote:
Rosie,
I will ask my colleague (Higher Education Manager Apple WA) to drop
you a line.
The bottom line - Apple has NOT dropped education pricing for
education staff via resellers. Students, however, will no longer be
able to buy via resellers at education pricing. Students and staff
will continue to be able to buy at education pricing via AppleStore
(which has free delivery by the way). We have also greatly cut back
the number of resellers that can sell as education agents to give us
better focus.
Cheers,
Stephen
On 24/04/2006, at 10:17 PM, Rosie Cable wrote:
Hi Wamuggers!
I will be due to upgrade to a new Mac at the beginning of next year.
While I was in at Digilife last week, I mentioned that as I had
bought my last computer from them, I would probably purchase my next
one there as long as the educational price still applied. (I am a
TAFE lecturer, and have bought all of my previous computers on
educational discount).
Digilife told me that Apple have ceased to offer educational prices
after April 30 2006. Needless to say, I was devastated, having been a
Mac owner for more than 12 years - dating back to my first - a
luxurious LC III.
Later in the week, whilst browsing at Macs-4-u in Midland, Charles
informed me that Apple had not discontinued the educational price, it
is still available if hardware/software is bought online.
I am searching for assistance with the following. Here comes my
question(s).
a) Is there anywhere in Australia where I could buy my next
computer (I'm thinking a iMac Dual Chip) where the educational
discount will still apply ?
b) Is it worth buying a computer online to get the educational
discount, given the associated costs, such as postage, handling,
delivery, etc.?
c) Has anyone on the list encountered this dilemma?
Thanking you for your support.
Regards
Rosie :-)
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