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In article <1993Mar1.204826.19343@news.media.mit.edu> bfbrown@media.mit.edu (Brian F. Brown) writes:
>In article <1993Mar1.182340.15415@leland.Stanford.EDU> trump@leland.Stanford.EDU (Michael Jason Lewis) writes:
>>>First of all, those prices quoted above are college special prices;
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>>>made a big mistake when he bought it.  I do agree that you would
>>>be foolish to buy the computer system at this price, since it would
>>>be just as easy to offer a student that amount to buy you  a brand
>>>new IIsi system, making himself a handsome profit in the meantime.
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>>It should be pointed out that, at least at Stanford, this is illegal.  When you
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>>purchase a computer at educational discount, you agree not to sell your 
>>purchases for two years.			
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>The key word here is _illegal_.  Mass. has some strange laws, but I am
>surprised that the California Penal Code includes a clause for 
>the reselling of possessions.  If you sign the same form we sign,
>selling is not a crime, but could be a breach of contract, although
>I  seriously doubt a) anyone would take the time to pursue
>a "conviction" or b) Anyone who did would have
>ground to stand on - what's yours is yours to hit with a 
>sledge hammer or sell to the highest bidder.

Okay, so there's no law that says "you can't resell computers that you buy from
Stanford for two years".  Given.  But there is something somewhere on the bill
that says "by signing this, you agree to abide by the conditions on the 
agreement" etc., and that is on the agreement.  So it would be a breach of
contract, which is a crime (isn't it?  I would think so).  I doubt anyone
would be "convicted"--in fact, I doubt the Bookstore would ever find out about
it--but you're not supposed to do it.

- Mike