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From: ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Delphi/GEnie - not such a bad deal
Message-ID: <1990Sep9.144147.26243@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 9 Sep 90 14:41:47 GMT
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In article <33691@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>The point is... if you, like most folks, are only using GEnie to access a
>machine specific Roundtable, like the Atari RTs, the new changes amount to
>an extra $4.95 per month that GEnie is going to get from you, in addition to
>whatever you pay for your hourly downloads...
In addition...if you miss a month or two, it is that much more
they're going to get from you than they would have otherwise.
> 
>Hmm...  200,000 members times $5...  I think I can guess who's making out
>with these changes...
> 
>BobR
Well, I believe this is going to be my last posting on this
topic (and the crowd breaks into a standing ovation!)...I've
now let Genie and Delphi know that I've quit, why I've quit,
and that they might find others who feel the same way.  I just
got Genie's monthly magazine the other day.  In it they say
the new service has something for everyone...I guess I'm not
a "one", because it certainly doesn't have anything for me.
Just one last thing...if you don't like their changes, be sure
to let them know (i.e. don't just let your account expire from
non-use and your not joining the new system)...maybe they will
figure out a way to accommodate everybody and still make
enough $$$$ to keep themselves happy.
--Gerry