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Article #1798Proposal for DeSmet C review
From: Tim Smith
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1985 01:26
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1985 01:26
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I have seen requests here and on Compuserve for reviews of DeSmet C, but
noone seems to be buying the thing! Are you ALL being cowardly ( like me )
and waiting for a review first?
What I want to know is, how many people would be willing to chip in to
buy a copy so we can get a review? It would work like this:
1. Everybody chips in 10 bucks or so. ( need 15 people ).
2. We choose one of the contributers at random and buy
that person DeSmet C.
3. In return for being able to try it out for only $10, the
person chosen must agree to provide a detailed review to
the rest of us, and answer questions.
I would be willing to contribute 10 bucks if there were 14 others, or maybe
even twenty if there are only 6.5 others. Any one else willing?
Afterwards, we could do the following:
Let n be the number of people who, after seeing the review from
the person who got it, want to buy a copy.
if n is zero, we are all out 10 bucks.
if n is > 0, we choose a person at random from the n who want it,
and that person buys it for the full $150 price from the group,
so we get our money back. The other n-1 order from DeSmet.
if 5 <= n && n <= 10 there is a 15% discount from DeSmet, and if
n > 10 there is a 25% discount, so we could deal with that here
also, if enough people are interested after the review. ( note:
these numbers are from memory -- they may be wrong ).
Any one interested?
--
Tim Smith
ihnp4!{cithep,wlbr!callan}!tim
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site callan.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!greipa!pesnta!pertec!scgvaxd!wlbr!callan!tim From: tim@callan.UUCP (Tim Smith) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Proposal for DeSmet C review Message-ID: <1031@callan.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 21:26:28 EDT Article-I.D.: callan.1031 Posted: Mon Jun 17 21:26:28 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Jun-85 02:13:42 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Callan Data Systems, Westlake Village, CA Lines: 39