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#6 CD ROM Bundle $89

    22-Oct-92 14:43:23
Fm: Chris McMahon 100111,2704
To: Consumer Products 75270,1070
Flame on… I'm not interested in your offer…luckily, because you wouldn't supply me anyway, I don't live in the Continental United States. What I would be interested to know is why these (apparently) fantastic offers always seem to be limited to the US of A? Microsoft give all us poor foreigners a kick in the teeth in their adverts…you know the ones like 'Upgrade to Microsoft C+- version 99.3 from any other langauge compiler for just $10'…then you see the small print at the foot of the advert…'Offer only good for US residents'. Meanwhile us poor Brits get charged hundreds of pounds for an upgrade and even more for the full package. I know you can't answer for Microsoft or the other companies who do these US only special deals, but what's the reason for *your* offer being limited to US residents only? If you'd said $89 for US residents and $109 for non-US residents (allowing a whole extra $20 for shipping…that should be plenty surely?) then that would sound fairer. But to just exclude us from the offer completely sounds a bit xenophobic to me. …Flame off Chris