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While the nefarious whiteshirt cabal was planning the final
subjugation of the workers cynthia@mindspring.com (Cynthia Smathers)
wrote:

>On 5 Apr 96 02:33:03 GMT, jwilson@paradise.net (Rie) wrote:

>>Just wondered why they charged a hook-up fee:-)..sorry it was meant 
>>slightly sarcastic...I can load my own software and If I get stuck, I'm 
>>married to a computer software engineer...;)

>Warning: I do not work for MindSpring, therefore this is not an official
>answer.

>The main work in terms of people intervention (sales staff, engineers, the
>folks who mail you the software and manual) and processes on the
>accounting/engineering systems is at the beginning of the account. That
>money can either come  from start-up fees or built into the monthly rates
>you pay forever. If it is put into a start-up fee, you'll have lower
>monthly rates in the long-run. MindSpring does have a 30 day money-back
>guarantee, so if on day 29 you called up and said "hey! this sucks! cancel
>my account!" they'd refund the $35 start-up fee and the cost of your first
>month's service ($15 or $35 in the past) and you'd return the software and
>manual to them.

>Cyn
>cynthia@mindspring.com
>http://www.mindspring.com/~cynthia
>People go crazy in congregations but recover one by one.

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Hooking up is like shipping and handling charges. It's a rip off. It
should be a cost of doing business. Does 7-11 charge you for walking
in the door before you even buy anything? No, it's incorporated into
the cost of all products for all people thus lowering the total cost
to each individual...