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Article #102986Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL?
From: p.k... Peter Kerr
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 00:00
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In article <3224B0...@apple.com>, spo...@apple.com wrote: > I was working for a software manufacturer (email me if you really want > to know which one) in technical support. When customers called up for a > replacement disk, we would usually ask them their name & the serial > number and then look them up in the database. If they were there, we'd > send a replacement. If they weren't listed, we'd ask them to send their > copy of our software. Sure enough, one customer that I spoke with faxed > me a photocopy of the disk. I -was- asked by a local software agent (email me if you really want to know which one) to photocopy my install diskettes, both sides, and fax that thru to them as proof of purchase when getting an upgrade... -- Peter Kerr bodger School of Music chandler University of Auckland NZ neo-Luddite
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From: p.k...@auckland.ac.nz (Peter Kerr) Subject: Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL? Date: 1996/08/29 Message-ID: <p.kerr-2908961554590001@news.auckland.ac.nz> X-Deja-AN: 177034172 references: <4vf2rs$f6s@paperboy.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> <32210B78.20E2@mcs.net> <4vsa8v$ctp@news.usit.net> <4vsg0a$pr4@dfw-ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> <4vvdb4$6a@lex.zippo.com> <3224B0C1.4A1B@apple.com> organization: School of Music, University of Auckland newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.folklore.computers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit