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From: callen@inmet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Word 4.0 upgrade coupon arrives
Message-ID: <127200061@inmet>
Date: 25 Apr 89 12:26:00 GMT
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Nf-From: inmet!callen    Apr 25 08:26:00 1989


>>I received my Microsoft Word 4.0 upgrade packet today in the mail.
>>This was the one where you had to reserve it sometime last year (or
>>the year before that?)  Anyway, you have to send $50 plus $5.50
>>shipping plus applicable sales tax.  For CA, it was 5%.  Maybe they
>>are using the tax tables for when they first announced the upgrade :-)
>
>Hey wait a minute. My packet says they want $75. What gives?
>
>tom

Yeah, what he said! I distinctly recall sending in that "reserve a
copy for $50" dealie.

Gawd, I hate Microsoft!