howard@mtunj.UUCP (08/14/87)
This message is directed mainly at those at Apple who might be listening... The Apple reps at MacWorld Expo said that as of the show any Macs sold got HyperCard FREE! However previous mac owners had to pay the $49.95 for it. My question to them is this: I bought an SE a week before the show. Can I still get HyperCard gratis or is that one week going to cost me $50 (+/- .50)? -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Howard Moskovitz AT&T Bell Labs @ Liberty Corner, NJ ihnp4!io!howard
barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin) (08/17/87)
In article <36@mtunj.ATT.COM> howard@mtunj.ATT.COM (H. Moskovitz) writes: >My question to them is this: I bought an SE a week before the show. Can I >still get HyperCard gratis or is that one week going to cost me $50 (+/- .50)? I've seen a couple of people ask this, and it seems kind of silly. Unless Apple decides to punt the $50 charge completely, they've got to have some cutoff date. And if they do, then there will always be people who bought their machines the day before and will feel screwed. Well, that's life. Last year, when car dealers were going crazy with their incentives, I'm sure a large number of people bought cars on the day before a manufacturer decided to offer 0% financing. Do you think they should be able to run back to the dealer and ask for it, too? Or if you buy a suit the day before the store has a sale on suits, are you entitled to the sale price? Sorry, that's not how such things work. You bought your Mac a week before the show. I'm sure there were people who were at their dealers buying Macs while the show was going on, and they probably didn't get MultiFinder and HyperCard, either. Sorry. Here's an idea, though (I'm somewhat ashamed I thought of it): Your Mac may bwe new enough that you could return it and get a refund. Return it, then go to another dealer and buy a new one, which should include the new software. I hope you can find a dealer that offers the same or better price (or at least, less than $50 more). --- Barry Margolin Thinking Machines Corp. barmar@think.com seismo!think!barmar
chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) (08/18/87)
In article <7594@think.UUCP> barmar@godot.think.com.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes: >In article <36@mtunj.ATT.COM> howard@mtunj.ATT.COM (H. Moskovitz) writes: >>My question to them is this: I bought an SE a week before the show. Can I >>still get HyperCard gratis or is that one week going to cost me $50 (+/- .50)? > >I've seen a couple of people ask this, and it seems kind of silly. >Unless Apple decides to punt the $50 charge completely, they've got to >have some cutoff date. And if they do, then there will always be >people who bought their machines the day before and will feel screwed. >Well, that's life. [...alot of cutoff date examples deleted...] While I agree with you regarding the cutoff dates, you should remember that in the past Apple has been pretty nice to people who missed a cutoff date. The particular instance I'm refering to was back when the 512k "Fat" Mac first came out. I bought the Apple 128k->512k upgrad when it first came out and retailed for $900. A bit later, I (think about a month), Apple dropped the price down to $700, but they offered everyone who bought the upgrade in the interm period MacDraw and MacProject. So there is some precedent for Apple being nice to people who just missed a cutoff date. Christopher Chow /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Internet: chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (128.84.248.35 or 128.84.253.35) | | Usenet: ...{uw-beaver|ihnp4|decvax|vax135}!cornell!batcomputer!chow | | Bitnet: chow@crnlthry.bitnet | | Phone: 1-607-253-6699, USPS: 7122 N. Campus 7, Ithaca, NY 14853 | | Delphi: chow2 PAN: chow | \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/