Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!navajo.cis.ohio-state.edu!stern From: stern@navajo.cis.ohio-state.edu (jeffrey a stern) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple Dealers Message-ID: <57407@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 11 Aug 89 21:06:21 GMT References: <0YsQG5y00XoZI0VENf@andrew.cmu.edu> Reply-To: jeffrey a sternOrganization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 14 My guess is that Apple Dealers push people toward Macs and away from //gs's for one reason above all others: greater profit margin. When I used to sell Fords, if a person was thinking about either a truck or a car, we'd push them towards a truck. The difference was about $2000 more in profit. If anyone has any solid info on Apple dealers' profit margins on gs's and Macs in order to confirm or deny this, I'd be interested. Jeff. -=- stern@cis.ohio-state.edu: Internet | "Eppur si muove." | osu-cis!tut!stern : UUCP | -Galileo |:->{===# 72647,1527 : CompuServe | ` /