Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!male!mutchler From: mutchler@zule.EBay (Dan Mutchler) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Excessive Corel-Draw Upgrade Price Message-ID: Date: 5 Sep 90 23:44:16 GMT References: <278@uninet.vbo.dec.com> <4544@zircon6.UUCP> Sender: news@male.EBay.Sun.COM Lines: 33 In-reply-to: yeates@motcid.UUCP's message of 4 Sep 90 18:59:54 GMT In article <4544@zircon6.UUCP> yeates@motcid.UUCP (Tony J Yeates) writes: >"BEWARE COREL DRAW. Very Expensive Upgrade". >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). >As the current USA mail-order price is around $330, I think Corel-Draw are >ps. DO NOT BUY COREL_DRAW unless you want to continually pay exorbitant prices. I'm not sure about your situation but we purchased Corel Draw at Egghead software for $330, version 1.1 last October. We ordered our upgrade to 1.2 to support Windows 3.0 and it cost $99 plus $10 shipping and handling. We had not even registered 1.1 and the Corel folks politely faxed us a form to fill out so we could register and upgrade at the same time. I can't advice against Corel Draw because it has been an incredibly useful tool and we have had no real problems with it. It was purchased for a company that I help with their computer stuff and they have been extremely happy. -- Dan Mutchler | ARPA/Internet: mutchler@EBay.Sun.COM Sun Federal System Engineer | UUCP: ...!sun!mutchler -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an Art. H.L. Mencken