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From: ruslan@ecsvax.UUCP (Robin C. LaPasha)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WordPerfect for students
Message-ID: <3926@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 27-Sep-87 11:52:10 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 27 11:52:10 1987
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Summary: Whoa! Right, SS# not necessary

In article <1960@umd5.umd.edu>, louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) writes:
> Before anyone get really pushed out of shape, the reason that they want you
> to speicify your SS number to make sure that only one package is sold per
> student/faculty person.  They also say that if you don't want to specify your
> SS number, to call them and they will make other arrangements.
> 
> People are much to quick to flame without all the facts.  Cool out.
> 
> 
> Louis A. Mamakos  WA3YMH    Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
> University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming


Ditto.  I went through this deal within the last month, and I
DID NOT send them my Social Security number.  (I didn't call
them up about that either.)  Agreed, it was a stupid request on their part 
in the first place, but they just want some semi-permanent number
connected with you.  Something like a driver's license, passport,
whatever.

It's such a good deal (my dealer looked at the form and said "But
_I_ can't get it for that price!") that they want to make sure
we don't take advantage of it more than once.

BTW, I had to get the form from a campus store, and the Amiga
wasn't listed (old form, I guess.)  After a call to them, I just
wrote in "WordPerfect for the Amiga .....$99" under the other
offers and sent it in with the IDs and bucks.  [For the paranoid
among you (like me,) I even covered my student ID#: at the time, it was
also my SS# number - but no longer.]

Robin LaPasha      ruslan@ecsvax.UUCP
Disclaimer: just a (mostly) satisfied customer & recipient of
the mentioned deal.