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From: roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
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Subject: Re: $69 / megabyte!
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Date: 17 Jan 90 04:00:21 GMT
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In <12871@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> stuart@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (S. D. Ericson) writes:
> The problem with Chip Merchant and some other firms is that they will
> NOT accept Visa (or any other plastic).

CM agreed to accept our purchase order (i.e. they bill us and we pay after
we get the merchandise and the invoice).  Granted, they tacked on a
surcharge (I think it was a couple of bucks a meg on the then-current
$89/meg price) but they still came out cheaper than most places.
--
Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute
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"My karma ran over my dogma"