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From: krein@dg.dg.com (Todd Krein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Word 4.0 upgrade coupon arrives
Message-ID: <149@dg.dg.com>
Date: 2 May 89 16:56:30 GMT
References: <12496@paris.ics.uci.edu> <222@wuee1.wustl.edu> <595@bridge2.3Com.Com>
Reply-To: krein@dg.UUCP (Todd Krein)
Organization: Data General, Westboro, MA.
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In article <595@bridge2.3Com.Com> ngg@bridge2.3Com.com (Norman Goodger) writes:
>In article <222@wuee1.wustl.edu> tjs@dadent.UUCP (tom sullivan) writes:
>>>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?
>
>Microsoft had a program last year where they sent out cards where if you 
>returned them, you would get a discount to $50 for the upgrade from $75.
>So if for some reason you never recieved the card, never sent in the card,
>you received a different upgrade letter I guess, one that says $75...
>
>
>

Yup'er. I got the same scoop. So, I gets on da phone, and calls Microsoft.
"What gives?" I says... After givin' da whole story tree, many foh-ur times, 
and bein' askt'ed to call anudder numba (1-206-882-8088), I spoke wid a really
nice lady who lookt'd me up in her data-base, like. She said, "ok". Told me
ta write some stuff on my upgrade for'm, 'n send it in wid $50 + s/h.

End o' story! I'm mail'n it soon, but I tinks we what sent the upgrade
for'm is ok....


Todd Krein
krein@dg.UUCP

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Todd Krein
krein@dg.UUCP