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Show The Dail Uuh Chronicle, Thursday, December 7, Page Twenty-si- s TeeT Grand Central Store Faculty discount fair? Misc. How Book Store prices compare (Calculator Texas Instrument Business Analyst tr-4- .$30.95 0 mm mm .$29.99.4. Stakes $29.95 $2.9S Camera Pentax lele-elect- Kodak tele-elect- ra Pharmacy . i Deodorant Right Guard .$499.95 $125.95 970 - I1.S9 5 ox. Shoulders Shampoo Toothpaste $1.29 Crt J or. $. Radio Panasonic Rc 6010 clock radio retail Film Kodak black and white 20 ex. A $51.95 Television art Sony 17" color Sony black ir white $tt95 -- $299.95. 2 $29.95 $19.95 mm SI 19 Jj with local merchant prices on commodity items has revealed that Book Store prices are higher on certain $529.99 $129.99 J1M $1.09 ..$79 4 items. J . Stoked (not on alc) EZ1 spot comparison of University Book Store prices Auerbadu - "Getting rid of the 10 percent discount for faculty would give the Book Store an opportunity to be fair to the students." said one Book Store employee who wished to remain anonymous. The survey revealed that the store's prices were slightly higher than merchants on small commodity items such as by ANNE DIBBLEE Chronicle staff Inkley. .. 50 mm Kodak $29.95, off-camp- us Book Store officials say this is not entirely their fault. They blame part of the. problem on factors beyond and shampoo, razors com- aspirin items most monly purchased by students at the Book Store. One Book Store employee agreed that the Chronicle's findings were correct. "The problem with the prices in the Book Store is that things students can afford such as shampoo and toothpaste are priced higher than in other their control, namely the 10 percent discount for faculty. IhnnSircQj) w flfl I stores. Items such as televisions, calculators which many students can't afford are marked lower," he said. . . 1 -- S" a! i In,,, I y iTf WEST TEMPLE AT FOURTH SOUTH UU PROGRAMS PRESENT A IRock- tmnip r 3 4" 2 sr. mffaj' 1978 '''' The Chronicle survey revealed that in buying a Kodak II camera at the Book Store, you save $10 compared with the sale price at Inkley's. But in tele-electr- o. buying, for example. Head and Shoulders shampoo you pay 20 cents more than if you bought it at Grand Central. The Book Store has been criticized for having high prices. The explanation also centers around problems other than the faculty discounts. The Book Store officials we talked to said that. "The two main rasons for high prices are the faculty discount and the inability to buy in volume like Grand Central or Skaggs." They also added, "In order for the Book Store to make a profit with the discount fot faculty, they must increase the prices on the items up to ix percent. |