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QB- New (BAD) Policy

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#33858From: Gary LucasJan 17, 1992 4:17 PM
New Horizons: I have owned QuarterBack ever since 1.0 and I have faithfully upgraded to each new TRUE upgrade for $$$. I have always recieved FREE bug fixes — as in QuarterBack v4.0 – v4.3 that fixes the FLOPPY drive freeze when using AmigaDos v2.04. Today, I called your office and was told of the $5.00 fee with returning my original disk for the bug fix — BAD POLICY! You have been telling Amiga Users here on CI$ NOCHARGE for v4.0 -v4.3! I inquired about the possibility of giving: my name, my QB serial #, and a credit card #, to have you ship me a new QB disk for a few dollars more — NOOP — not good enough for your company. Suggestion — the company that sells RawCopy offers TRUE upgrades for $7.00 + original disk or $19.95 without the original disk to registered users (BTW, I would have paid you $19.95 just for the convenience). Central Coast offered QB-TOOLS bug fixes via a BBS and no charge to registered users. Good service sells, bad policy doesn't! — Gary Lucas —
#34122From: New Horizons SoftwareJan 21, 1992 10:44 AM
Gary, Starting January 1, 1992, we have a new policy about the bug fix updates. We are going to try our best to make these bug fix updates in patch forms available here on CIS. We do not have all the patches available at this time. If either the patch is not available, or a person does not have access to one of the services that makes the patches available, that person will have the option to send in the original disk and $5 for shipping to get this update. The update is still free, but the shipping is not. Upgrades, program changes that require a charge, have not changed in price and they already include the shipping charge. Mark New Horizons Software, Inc.