🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <ron.liechty-0E71C4.14152931102005@news.newsguy.com>,
 Ron L <ron.liechty@freescale.com> wrote:

> In article <Fdt9f.1595$te3.26041@typhoon.sonic.net>,
>  Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote:
> 
> >In article <ron.liechty-DAE0A1.10440131102005@news.newsguy.com>,
> > Ron L <ron.liechty@freescale.com> wrote:
> >
> >> CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS v10
> >> Available only as a Download version  has two versions  
> >> 
> >> A free Special Edition allows for students and hobbyist to use
> >> CodeWarrior with a limited usage license, with no technical support
> >> 
> >> The CodeWarrior Professional download is only $99 (plus shipping and
> >> handling
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >OK, I *HAVE* to know... 
> >
> >What miserable money-grubbing sack of crap came up with the idea of 
> >charging "shipping and handling" fees for something that the buyer is 
> >going to do all the work of "shipping and handling" to get???
> 
> There is no shipping and handling fee.   I did not know if our 
> fulfillment house had a charge or not when I wrote that.
> 
> Ron

Hokay, I can buy that explanation. 

The concept of "shipping and handling" being charged on a downloaded 
software package strikes me as being quite possibly the most blatantly 
slime-bagish thing I've ever encountered.

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