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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 10:22:56 -0500
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From:         SKIPPER@MEDCOLPA.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Info needed on CSLG and other TEI changes

>    P.S. There will be a new U.S. TEI Desktop Price List distributed prior to
>    the November 10, Alpha Announcement.

Don't really know if you are saying that you did NOT receive this Price List,
but I did receive the new one in November.

One the issue of discounts and pricing, this is what I have been told as of
yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 12/16/92 4PM EST) when I placed an order with
DECdirect.  Upon connection to DECdirect, I was given to a gentleman named
Bill who specifically handles TEI customers' orders.  He even gave me the
exact discount amounts and final pricing.  Will this change again in Jan?
Who knows.  All of this information given to me by Bill had already been
relayed to me from an attendee of the DECUS TEI Session given by Ellen.
Here are the discounts as I know them...

        NONdiscountable items. (cables,accessories,QPB items)    7%
        Discountable items                          greater of DBA or 10%
        Hkits and Documentation                                 30%
        Licenses not covered by CSLG                            50%
        Self Paced Instruction                                  35%
        Digital Press Books                                     30%
        PCs from Desktop Direct                                  9%
        QB items (the 3rd Party software)                       30%

Now, this last item (the QB items) has been a sore spot for a while with
me.  Depending on who I have spoken to, the 3rd Party software is or
isn't discountable.  If, in fact, these items are discountable at 30%,
it opens a whole new door of opportunity for this Institution.  Many of
these items will have very attractive pricing with the discount.

Of, course, I make NO claims to the validity of the above information.  It
is however the percentages dictated to me when I placed and order.  Until
I hear differently, I will continue my orders with these discounts in mind.
Should any item come back invoiced at a different rate, we will handle
that when it happens.

If any of this information is grossly inaccurate, perhaps someone from
Digital can at least say that "this line" is wrong and should require
further research.

In any case, I hope some of this information is helpful.

/tom

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