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Further complicating the picture is the likelihood that a new model or a sudden price cut will make this season's bargain look like last year's ripoff. Apple surprised the industry in October by bringing out, four months before it was expected, the so-called Fat Mac, a new version of the Macintosh with twice the memory capacity. At the same time, Apple dropped the price on the smaller Macintosh by $300, to $2,195. Reason: rumors about the introduction of a bigger machine were cutting into Macintosh sales. The company is now plagued by reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Bothered and Bewildered | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

...Receiver Ripoff: A stereo receiver valued at $250 was reported taken from room 311 at Lamont Library between April 6 and 16 while the office's occupant was on vacation...

Author: By Adam N. Gurfain, | Title: Harvard Motorcycle Policeman Injured in Crash With Car | 4/21/1984 | See Source »

Telephone officials recommend various ways to avoid a credit ripoff. For example, they advise cardholders to give their numbers to operators in a voice that cannot be overheard and, when possible, to use pushbutton phones that allow the codes to be entered without being spoken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Card Sharks | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

...against the military, but the story on the exploding prices of aircraft spare parts made my blood boil [July 25]. It almost makes me glad I am currently out of work, and not able to pay taxes to support this ripoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 22, 1983 | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

...work, the board of directors voted to write off a 1977 loan of $1.8 million made to him so that he could buy Harvester stock. Though completely legal, the ill-timed action appeared to the company's workers to amount to little more than an executive-suite ripoff, which further soured the mood within the firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye, Archie | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

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