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- From: GAYNOR@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor)
- Subject: Re: ATM for free, or is it?
- In-Reply-To: al862@cleveland.Freenet.Edu's message of 5 Sep 1992 11: 53:34 GMT
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- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 15:06:53 GMT
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- In <18a73uINN2ls@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> al862@cleveland.Freenet.Edu writes:
- >
- > Here's a question that's been bugging me for a while now. ATM
- > was made available free or nearly free for a good long time now...
-
- The "free" version ($7.50 cost for shipping and handling) only comes
- with one type family: Adobe Garamond (book, bold, italic, bold
- italic). And it takes 4-6 weeks to arrive, even when you order via
- credit card.
-
- Included with the package is a "special deal" to get the standard four
- type families (Times, Helvetica, Courier, and Symbol) for $49 plus
- $7.50 shipping and handling. Allow 4-6 more weeks for delivery, add
- $12 for next-day service.
-
- So, for $64.00 and a total of up to *twelve* weeks of waiting on
- shipping, you get ATM and five type familes: Adobe Garamond, Courier,
- Helvetica, Times, and Symbol.
-
- Or, you could go through MacConnection and buy ATM with the "standard
- four" for $53. Plus $3 for next day shipping. Then you can still get
- the "free" version of ATM for $7.50 and get Adobe Garamond with it at
- a bargain price. Total price is $63.50 for ATM and the same five type
- families as above, and you only have to wait 6 weeks maximum to get
- everything (the most important thing - ATM - is there in a single
- day). Not to mention that you also get an additional -legitimate-
- copy of ATM that you can give to a friend.
-
- You tell me which method is the better deal. <grin>
-
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- Jim Gaynor | "Man-of-Many-Beeping-Sounds-and-Flashing-Lights" - KAJ
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- ObDiscl: Everything stated here and above is _my_ opinion. Mine mine mine!
- ObQuote: "Every devil I meet becomes a friend of mine." - Indigo Girls
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