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From: Robert Corbett Robert.Corbett@Eng...
Subject: Problem ordering the distribution
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 01:00:55 -0400

In article <199606131319.SAA18100@sas...> you write:
>I'd finally convinced the company to buy Plan 9. So, they sent out the
>purchase order to the guy who sources our stuff from the US (we're in
>India), and he's got back to us saying that he's getting the manuals for
>$437.50 and the whole package for $550 plus! Which, alas, is enough more
>than the stated cost for the company to suddenly start questioning the
>order all over again :(
>
>Has the price changed or something? And, is it possible that he's
>talking to a dealer who's charging him more? I thought it could only be
>ordered from Harcourt Brace and Company at 800 782 4479.
>
>	--Kiran

I got the whole package for $350 from Harcourt Brace.  I know the
Computer Literacy bookstore in San Jose sells the whole package for
$437.50.  They also sell the manuals separately for $437.50.  I
think they are confused, not malicious.

					Sincerely,
					Bob Corbett