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From: funkstr@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Larry Hastings)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: $99 Quattro offer
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Date: 4 Sep 90 10:23:30 GMT
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+-In article <378@saxony.pa.reuter.COM>, dgil@pa.reuter.COM (Dave Gillett) wrote:-
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|
| In <1990Sep3.003012.27082@agate.berkeley.edu> cotner@skippy.berkeley.edu
| writes:
| 
| >(* I don't know if Borland considers 'qualified' to mean only previous
| >customers, or anyone with $99.)
| 
| As far as I can tell, "qualified" for this offer means "able to demonstrate
| ownership of some other spreadsheet package".
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It also includes, apparently, owners of any other Borland product, or just
anyone on their mailing list.  I got a letter (the return address on the back
read "Phillipe Khan" at Borland's address -- there was no mention on the
envelope of Borland) that offered me Quattro for $99.  (I probably got three
copies of this letter, over the span of several months... as did my housemate,
and my best friend, whose only dealing with Borland was his purchase of
Sidekick for the Mac...)

My letter also said that I could buy a special "red-stickered" copy of Quattro
Pro from a "participating dealer" by presenting the order form to them
directly.  I took my letter from Phillipe Khan down to the local Software Etc.
and got a Quattro Pro right off the shelf for $99.  This was, however, their
last red-stickered copy, and I don't think they were getting any more in -- the
whole $99 Quattro Pro deal has been going on since Quattro Pro was first
released.  I don't know if Borland is still offering Quattro Pro for $99
directly (call 'em and ask if it'll help), but I think that a red-stickered
copy of Quattro Pro in a local store will still be good.

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| It's not clear whether one will actually be required to furnish such proof,
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I was able to find the original box for my Quattro Pro,  and the red sticker
reads:

1-2-3 OWNERS*
STEP UP TO QUATTRO PRO FOR ONLY U.S. $99.95 SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE
* OFFER ALSO GOOD FOR OWNERS OF:
  SYMPHONY
  SUPERCALC
  EXCEL
Proof that you own any version of one of the spreadsheets listed above is
required.  Present an original page or disk at point of purchase.  Offer good
in U.S./Canada only.
SINGLE MEDIA ONLY- SEE BACK OF BOX

(The red-stickered editions of Quattro Pro only have either 5.25" or 3.5" disks
in them.)

--
larry hastings, the galactic funkster, funkstr@ucscb.ucsc.edu

I don't speak for Knowledge Dynamics or UC Santa Cruz, nor do they speak for me

"I said to my girlfriend 'What do you want?' and she said 'Oh, just get me
 something crazy and expensive that I don't even need'... so I signed her up
 for radiation treatments." --Emo Phillips