[MacDV] Re: FCP 3 Academic

[Mark O'Brien]

On 6/17/03 10:57 AM, "Kunga" <Kunga at FutureMedia.org> wrote:

> Right. But there is a window between April 6 when FCP 4 was announced
> and this coming Friday June 20th when if you buy FCP 3 Academic Full
> Version for $299 from any Apple Academic bookstore you can send in a
> form with a copy of your receipt to get FCP 4 Upgrade for only another
> $50. Total $349 for BOTH. That's what I did at this last minute and
> what any of you can still do if you qualify for Academic FCP pricing
> and can find one of the last copies for $299 left on a shelf somewhere
> near you. For me "near" was 160 miles away and well worth the 320 mile
> 5 hour drive.
> 
> There is a search system on the Apple Educational section that will
> display for you all of the Academic dealers including addresses and
> phone numbers in your state after you enter your city according to
> distance from you. Use that to phone all the college bookstores and ask
> if they have a copy of FCP 3 left and if it's $299. Some are charging
> $399 now. It seems that Apple raised the price of FCP 3 on their last
> shipments to Academic dealers. However, this does not appear to be an
> across the board situation since I got mine from a dealer who only
> recently purchased more and sold it to me for only $299. Luck of the
> draw situation. The FCP 4 version you get is the Upgrade version.
> 
> Deadline for mailing is Friday June 20. You can also FAX the
> application in.


OK, now I understand. The online Apple Education store no longer offers
FCP3. Thanks for the explanation.

Mark
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