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- From: kent@manzi.unx.sas.com (Paul Kent)
- Subject: Re: SPARCClassic
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:49:57 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.111503.10428@informatik.uni-bremen.de> <1992Nov12.154848.377@news.columbia.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov12.154848.377@news.columbia.edu>, dj@shiva.gsb.columbia.edu (Dev Joneja) writes:
- >Just to increase the confusion on the prices of these machines :)
- >I saw today an ad in the Wall Street Journal in which Sun says that the
- >color machines go for 3995. The fine print says this is for quantities of
- >12 OR MORE. Therefore the thirteenth one will be at this price too, and
- >not at the 4295 (?) or any such number.
- >
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- aint it strange how english and programming languages often get it backward.
- the fine print didnt say "12 AND MORE" which would include all quantities
- greater than 12. "12 OR MORE" leaves enuff room for them to wiggle around
- doesn't it?
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- perhaps they have a thirty-day moneyback arrangement. buy 12, return 11 :-)
- (no responses needed)
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