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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
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Subject: Re: MicroSoft Word 4.0 Upgrade, How much?
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Date: 25 Apr 89 14:35:36 GMT
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In article <223@wuee1.wustl.edu> tjs@dadent (tom sullivan) writes:
<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!
 
Well, he brings up an interesting point, and he's right. The letter (for
the $50 upgrade offer) states: "If you acquired or updated to any version
of Microsoft Word for the Apple Macintosh before May 1, 1988, you can
get your version 4.0 update for only $50.00 (plus $5.50 shipping and
handling and applicable sales tax). If you acquired or updated to any
version of Word for the Macintosh on or After May 1, 1988, all you need
to send is $5.50 shipping and handling per unit. The update itself is
FREE!"

Note that you don't even have to pay sales tax if you acquired any 
version of Word on or after May 1. I'm sure almost all of us fit the
latter category since we heard that you needed 3.02 to run System 6.
Nevertheless, I'm sending money today. I probably won't get it in time
to run the huge index I have to finish, which means many more hours of
time. Gee-next time they want an update, it will cost my client less
money and I get less in consultant fees. Such is life.

Shirley Kehr