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Re: Word 4.0 upgrade coupon arrives

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From: Shirley Kehr
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1989 14:23
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In article <222@wuee1.wustl.edu> tjs@dadent.UUCP (tom sullivan) writes:
<In article <12496@paris.ics.uci.edu> nagel@beaver.ics.uci.edu (Mark Nagel) 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?
<

The key is in the second line: you had to reserve your copy last summer.

Shirley Kehr
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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
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Subject: Re: Word 4.0 upgrade coupon arrives
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Date: 25 Apr 89 14:23:27 GMT
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