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Re: Shareware charges

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From: lmichael
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 1988 09:58
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In article <753@etive.ed.ac.uk>, nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:
> In article <53@bridge2.UUCP> ngg@bridge2.UUCP (Norman Goodger) writes:
>>I would stop 
>>procrastinating, and just pay the $20, anyone with a mac should be able to
>>afford that and the .25 cent stamp....
> 
> Except for users elsewhere. I've got copies of bits of shareware marked
> "... $20 drawn on a US bank account payable to ..." or somesuch. So it
> ISN'T just a case of writing a cheque and popping it in the post.
>    I'm inclined to just work out the equivalent in pounds sterling, write
> a British cheque for this, and send this instead. How would this go down?
> Would a US bank like it?
> 
Interseting point.
In australia, to pay for a US $20 sharware product, you could go the post
office for an international postal order with a cost of about A $20 on top
to cover the associated costs.  Yuk!

This is madness, there must be an easier way!?!

Michael Veldman.
La Trobe University				Time is an Illusion,
Melbourne, Australia				Lunchtime doubly so!
ACSNET: lmichael@lvax.melbcae.edu.au		 - Ford Prefect
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From: lmichael@melbcae.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Shareware charges
Message-ID: <146@melbcae.edu.au>
Date: 5 Sep 88 09:58:44 GMT
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