Re: Word 4.0 upgrade coupon arrives

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From: Norman Goodger
Date: Mon, 01 May 1989 21:23

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In article <222@wuee1.wustl.edu> tjs@dadent.UUCP (tom sullivan) 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?

Microsoft had a program last year where they sent out cards where if you 
returned them, you would get a discount to $50 for the upgrade from $75.
So if for some reason you never recieved the card, never sent in the card,
you received a different upgrade letter I guess, one that says $75...

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