Re: TP755CE not in stock? - help locating suppliers ...

[John Kim <jokim@uni.uiuc.edu>]

On Tue, 27 Jun 1995, Victor Kress wrote:

> >That EDU price is not specially wonderful.

> As I remember it, the edu. discount is about 10% off the PC Direct price.
> This almost makes up for all the extra effort required to prove to IBM,
> beyond any shadow of a doubt, that you are indeed associated with a
> university.

Of course buying with an educational discount at the school store
or directly from IBM means you pay sales tax, which is 6%-8% in
most places.  IBM should take things like this into account, but
like I said, inept management.  :)
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John H. Kim
jokim@mit.edu