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The Martingrove Student Administrative Council should not
raise the price of the SAC card to $35 next Monday.
First, this is the first school day after Club Carousel.
The grade nines, who may be confused about the role of the
SAC or unaware of the diversity of clubs it funds, should
certainly be given more time to consider their purchase.
Furthermore, impressionable grade nines have probably also
been receiving various anti-SAC opinions from older MCI
students. Club Carousel would give the SAC and all other
MCI clubs - who also have an interest in strong SAC card
sales - a chance to explain themselves.
Second, a 40% price increase is excessive. At $25, the
MCI SAC card is already expensive when compared to other
local high schools. Also, this increase is hardly an encouragement
to buy your SAC card; those who have waited for two weeks
are probably already sceptical and they will only feel as
if they are being cheated.
Finally, even if such an increase is justified - which
it is obviously not - why so soon? There have been less
than two weeks of school. If the SAC wants to spend less
time selling SAC cards, then they should sell them for fewer
days each week, not attempt to alienate SAC-sceptics by
effectively extorting an additional $10.
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