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From: ralph@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Ralph Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Software piracy
Message-ID: <1990Jun14.090311.2035@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk>
Date: 14 Jun 90 09:03:11 GMT
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In-Reply-To: russotto@eng.umd.edu's message of 12 Jun 90 13:41:37 GMT

Whats wrong with International Money Orders is that they are expensive (often
nearly as much as the shareware fee), and a hastle to obtain (compared with
writing a check or using a credit card). I've had 1 (one) person (well
company) in the US honest enough to pay me for some shareware I wrote. While
I can't say for definite I would have had more if making the payment had
been easier, I strongly suspect this may be the case, taking into account
the number of UK payments I've had (no, I don't think people in the UK are
more honest in general!)
Ralph