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From: johnm@trsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Software "Contracts" (Was Re: Softw
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Date: 5 Jan 89 18:46:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!johnm    Jan  5 12:46:00 1989


>>I hate to break this to all of you "geniuses" but some of us who could have
>>credit cards choose not to.  An astonishing concept really, and yet, it does
>>happen.  I have none and I don't really want any.
>>
>>John Munsch
>
>Hmmm. A man walks up to you and tells you "I'll let you use my money instead
>of yours for approximately a month FOR FREE. You can keep your money in 
>your bank drawing interest that goes to you. But if you don't pay me back in
>a timely fashion, you'll owe me a little extra back for your tardyness."
>

[more drivel deleted...]

>  Yea verily, John has provided us with A Revelation, I truly believe. John, 
>thank you for this insight. I for one will slice up my Visa and Discover Cards,
>and would suggest that you, Gentle Reader, do likewise. :->
>
>				Dave

You are a real champ pal...  If richard@gryphon owed me a favor right now I
would probably use it JUST so you could be properly flamed for this ASININE
posting, unfortunately I'll just have to do it myself.

A man walks up to you and says, "I'll give you a chance to order things by
mail using a means that the company you are ordering from will almost always
screw up.  They will double bill you, incorrectly bill you and bill you
ages before they ship a damned thing.  This will probably only take two or
three months to clear up."

"Additionally, I'll be kind enough to either: charge interest from the moment
of purchase, OR stick you with a yearly charge of $25 for this service.  Not
enough for you?  Well, then I'll throw in the fact that you will typically
need more than one card because not everybody will accept just one.  That will
add to the number of bills arriving in the mail, increase the chances of
having a card lost or stolen and add to the amount that you are paying for
this marvelous service."

"But," you say, "I rarely order by mail and have absolutely no trouble getting
either reservations or car rentals without it.  Maybe some other dumb cluck
does but I never have."

I suggest in the future "Dave" that you read what I post.  Go ahead, try it.
Right at the top of this posting is what I already said.  The jist of it is,
"I don't have a credit card, nor do I want one.  There are probably others
who feel as I do and therefore the idea of only distributing software by modems
to credit card holders is a dumb idea."  There now.  That wasn't so hard was
it?  I didn't suggest that you cut your cards in half or in fact that anyone
who now uses credit cards stop.  Only that I don't.

John Munsch