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From: tjs@dadent (tom sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: MicroSoft Word 4.0 Upgrade, How much?
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Date: 23 Apr 89 16:43:22 GMT
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I've already posted a follow up article concerning a discrepency
between the price quoted my in my Upgrade notice and that of
another user. I was quoted $75, and he was quoted $50. I vaugely
remember the original notice (last August) indicating $50, but
I can't find that notice. There's one thing that's really got
me POed right now about this deal. The packet indicates that
if you recieved an update after April 1988 (I assume they mean
to 3.02), that you can get a FREE 4.0 Upgrade. I had been useing
3.01 and after finding out that 3.0.2 was available, wrote a letter
to MicroSoft asking for and the upgrade. They send back a kind letter
describing the differences between 3.0.2 and 3.0.1. They said I could
upgrade by sending my disks in, but that the differences were minor
things, that didn't have an effect upon my use of Word. So I 
decided to just wait for 4.0. If I had upgraded, I would be getting
4.0 FREE.  I guess I've learned my lesson. Get every upgrade you can!

just venting a little steam!!!

tom

PS I would be interested in finding out how many people got $50
upgrade notices and how many got $75 notices.