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From: kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman)
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Subject: Re: Unexpected $$$ in the mail!
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Date: 5 Oct 88 05:09:22 GMT
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In article <76000292@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:

>It still astounds me that someone could buy the software Feb 10, and
>someone else could buy it 5 days later under drastically different
>circumstances.  The former buyer pays an additional $69 dollars to get
>version 3.0.  The latter buyer pays $15 LESS to get version 3.0.
>Thats a total difference of $84, about the price of the software.


This is funny. I felt ripped off by Apple when I took delivery of an
SE 4 days before they bundled HyperCard and Multifinder. When Symantec
"showered" me with $15 I felt good. I didn't feel good having to shower
Apple with $100 to get software that was bundled 4 days later.