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From: tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen)
Subject: Re: Excessive Corel-Draw Upgrade Price
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 90 14:28:04 GMT
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Alan McAdoo <mcadoo@ijsapl.dec.com> writes:
> I was a happy user of Corel-Draw v1.1 but I was told that I needed to
> upgrade to Corel-Draw version 1.2 to use Windows-3.  Even though there is
> minimum added functionality in this upgrade, apart from being compatible
> with windows-3, I was quoted a price of $859 including tax for this upgrade
> by 'Software Solutions Benelux' the Dutch Importer. This includes the
> actual upgrade fee plus a Penalty Fee, because I originally purchased 
> Corel-Draw in the USA via mail-order (before Software Solutions had the 
> Importer-ship).

Sounds just like the Finnish software market!  Alan, did you consider getting
an upgrade directly from Corel?  They charge US$99 + postage for the upgrade
from 1.1 to 1.2; since you bought the original one in the US, they should be
willing to upgrade directly as well.  Call them and tell them (1) why you
bought it mail-order and (2) what SSB wants to charge you.  They are usually
quite helpful.  Call +1 613 728 8200 after about 13:00 GMT...

> As the current USA mail-order price is around $330, I think Corel-Draw are 
> charging restrictive prices for their proprietary software.

Again, this is Software Solutions Benelux, not Corel, charging exorbitant
prices for software and upgrades.

[ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ]
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