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Article #2766Re: bogus WriteNow upgrade gimmick
From: John Starta
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 18:22
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 18:22
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rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) writes: > (Ooooh, sounds like a flame!) I'm not bitching about WriteNow. I'm > complaining about misleading packaging on junk mail. Most of my junk > mail I can simply throw away without opening. But WriteNow's letter > didn't say T/Maker anywhere on the envelope and had the misleading > "Subscription expiration" printed on the envelope instead. Nowhere > inside does it explain what "subscription" they're talking about. Neither the envelope nor the letter enclosed said anything about a subscription! Rather the envelope had "URGENT - Expiration Notification" printed on the outside and the letter inside informed you that this was your last opportunity to upgrade to WriteNow 3.0 before the special price of $49.95 expires. Understand? Good. john -- John Starta tosh!starta@enuucp.eas.asu.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ennews!tosh!starta From: starta@tosh.UUCP (John Starta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: bogus WriteNow upgrade gimmick Message-ID: <w4LsqB1w165w@tosh.UUCP> Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 11:22:19 MST References: <Sep.8.09.09.06.1992.27445@gandalf.rutgers.edu> Lines: 24