Jereel Hunter said:
On a side note, sounds like you just dislike MS, because it sounds like a dumb rule. MS sells to retailers for whatever they want, so chances are the conversationw as something along the lines of: Retailer: We charge $159 for the student and teacher addition MS: We provide this to you cheaply in order to get this product in the hands of students and teachers who cannot afford packages that expensive, thus we request that retailers set the price at $129. Retailer: Ooooh alright. ... |
No. The reverse is true. MS is stopping the retailer from pricing it below cost. The retailer would sell it that cheap temporarily because they could advertise it widely, causing people to come into the store and making the retailer a greater profit on other items. MS is trying to stop them because it reduces the sales of more expensive versions of Office; professional users may have chosen Home & Student instead of the full package if it was a lot cheaper.
