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In article <3443@cs.utexas.edu> kelvin@cs.utexas.edu (Kelvin Thompson) writes:
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>> Instead, what we have with Apple is a rather backwards system:  Business get
>> a quantity discount, whereas end users pay a premium price! [...]

(sorry, I deleted the real author - got carried away with dd)

This is not limited to Apple.  Check out MacWorld's subscription prices.  I
recently returned a renewal offer saying I'd wait for a better offer and I
complained about getting better offers at work than at home (that was based
upon $18 per year for the corporate subscription vs $21.95 as the best offer
for my personal subscription).

At a new corporation I got an offer of $30 for two years.  I cut the mailing
label from my personal $21.95 offer (which was GUARANTEED to be the lowest 
offer I would ever get) and pasted it on the $30 offer, and sent
it with a check. I included the guarantee along with a note complaining about
their better prices if your address included a company name.

Even funnier - last night I got a "Thanks for the renewal" letter along with
my bill for $18. (This is in response to my first "I'll wait" complaint.)
Since I already sent a check for the other offer, I just threw this bill away.

So, if you want to subscribe to MacWorld, try bargaining.

Shirley Kehr