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Even using the car analogy, there is a sever limit to what modifications
the licensed dealer is allowed to make. There are many modifications
that must be made after purchase (there is a specific term for that that
I forget).

Example, my Miata I was able to get some standard options and
modifications from the Mazda dealership -- different suspension, leather
seats, different stereo, etc. However there are shops that specialize in
after market modications to Miata's, e.g. Sebring racing modifcations.
It is not Mazda authorized and would likely void my warranty. I as the
consumer have the right to do that -- University Mazda dealership could
not.

	Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	R Horn [SMTP:rjh@world.std.com]
> 
> At 05:49 PM 1/25/98 -0500, David Schwartz wrote:
> 
> >    My car comes with a stereo from the factory. You can't buy it
> without
> >it. Is that bundling or an integrated product?
> 
> Is your dealer permitted to replace it with a different one?  Mine
> was.  So I paid for the factory stereo, and to have the one that I
> wanted installed.  The proper example is your dealer being prohibited
> from replacing that stereo with another one.
> 
> The objection is not to bundling, despite the intense effort by
> Microsoft and its supporters to distract the listeners.  It is whether
> a manufacturer is permitted to alter the product.
>