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- From: duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: WB Fax upgrade Re: WB FAX FLAME
- Message-ID: <95@ravel.ati.com>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 06:23:42 GMT
- References: <1993Jan7.062209.9299@kilowatt.uucp>
- Reply-To: duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan)
- Organization: K-FOX 94.5 Classic Rock (KUFX, Gilroy-San Jose, California, USA)
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- In article <1993Jan7.062209.9299@kilowatt.uucp> root@kilowatt.uucp (Kilowatt admin) writes:
- >
- >Remember folks... READ the advertisement, and ask questions that are
- >important before BUYING. Ask the person on the other side of the phone
- >whether or not the product comes with the software you're hoping it does!
- >If it doesn't COME with the software, find out HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT,
- >so you don't have to BITCH about how much it costs after you've already spent
- >your money ..
-
- I called Telebit twice in the process of ordering the WB fax
- upgrade/new ROM's. When I asked about fax software that would support
- my new fax modem in a SysV environment, they indicated that Faximum
- was the package of choice. On both occasions, when I asked about its
- pricing, I was told that this information wasn't immediately available
- and that I could call Faximum in British Columbia at 604-925-3600 to
- find out.
-
- Figuring that a trustworthy company such as Telebit would probably
- make some reasonable recommendation, I didn't make the phone call to
- Canada. Eventually, some plausible workaround will surface as the fax
- upgrade becomes more widely distributed. At least, I hope it will...
-
- It has been my conclusion that Telebit's telepeople conveniently
- 'forgot' the Faximum pricing in order to avoid an endless string of
- arguments over the phone. I bet that there isn't a single WB user,
- even in businesses, that orders this software package.
-
- Here's a thought: Maybe $625 is the price in $CDN, so that the actual
- price in $US is only $488.75! If the US price is really $625, does
- this mean that the poor Canadian WB user has to shell out $799CDN for
- his/her fax software?? Are there any Canadian WB users who have
- checked this out??
-
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