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From: prince@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Larry Prince)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Shareware charges
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Date: 8 Sep 88 15:18:18 GMT
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In article <3469@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:

   ]       One possibility would be to use the universal currency -- blank
   ]disks.  Call one virgin 3-1/2" disk equal to 1 US Dollar (or 5 French
   ]Francs, or 0.50 English Pounds, or...).  If your shareware price is 10 US
   ]Dollars, be willing to accept 10 blank disks from somebody without
   ]convenient access to US funds.
   ]
   ]       Of course, the postage to mail 10 disks accross the pond might
   ]exceed their value, so maybe it's not such a good idea after all.

And not all diskettes are the same...Brand X and Brand Y may be miles
(kilometers?) apart in terms of reliability/longevity.

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