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- From: tlt38517@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel)
- Subject: Re: bogus WriteNow upgrade gimmick
- References: <Sep.3.09.36.08.1992.7825@gandalf.rutgers.edu> <DZwJqB7w165w@tosh.UUCP>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 02:56:05 GMT
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- starta@tosh.UUCP (John Starta) writes:
- >rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) writes:
- >> I just got a weird letter. On the outside it says "URGENT - Expiration
- >> Notification", and the return address is Heidi Roizen, 1390 Villa St,
- >> Mountain View, CA 94041.
- >> Yet, inside, it is just yet another notice trying to talk me into
- >> upgrading from WriteNow 2.2 to 3.0. (Does bombarding people with
- >> upgrade notices actually eventually make them want to upgrade?)
- >> So either there was an error in the printing of the envelopes, or
- >> T/Maker (makers of WriteNow) considers the deluge of WriteNow upgrade
- >> notices to be a "subscription". So if I don't get the upgrade, the
- >> "subscription" will run out! Of course, if I were to take the upgrade,
- >> I assume they'd stop the "subscription" anyway... :-)
- >I think that upon closer examination of the letter you'll find the
- >expiration notice is really telling you that this is your last
- >opportunity to get the WriteNow 3.0 upgrade for $49.95. (After September
- >30, 1992, the upgrade price becomes $69.95.)
- Yes it's nothing to get excited about. I don't know why all you people are
- moaning about this. Don't you ever get junk mail? Bitching about WriteNow is
- particularly silly since they make on of the best designed and supported Mac
- applications on the market. I wish every piece of software was as well
- designed. Instead of moaning about your upgrade offers get the 3.0 upgrade and
- you'll see what I mean.
- -Terry
- (No affiliation with T/Maker but I've used WriteNow since 1.0)
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