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4 total messages Started by AndreB Fri, 16 Dec 1994 19:43
Don't Download Shareware!
#1328
Author: AndreB
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 19:43
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If you download shareware read this now!
 
Your modem is great for keeping you up to date with new software 
and all, but the problem is you're probably spending way too much 
to download the software. 
 
If you are paying $35 to $300 or more monthly downloading the 
latest and greatest shareware you know what I mean. 
 
I used to spend over $300 monthly just downloading software for 
my own personal use and to add to my private access bbs.  $300 
monthly adds up quickly (I could have bought at least one 
complete multimedia system for the money I spent downloading 
shareware).  
 
I've devised a method for you to get an entire years worth of 
downloads from hundreds of bbs systems for less than $6 monthly! 
I'm gonna pass this "secret" on to you (and 50,000 other INTERNET 
users) because WE CAN ALL BENEFIT and SAVE TIME and SAVE MONEY 
from what I've learned. 
 
HERE'S HOW you can get an entire years worth of all the 
downloaded shareware compiled from the best bbs and pay-for-
access systems in the entire USA for almost nothing.  The trick 
is to make all your downloads cost-effective by POOLING 
RESOURCES.  
 
You need to find others who share your software likes, then 
arrange for one person (a team leader) to download all of the 
files at his or her expense - then you and the other club members 
reimburse him for his on-line time, bbs membership dues, floppy 
diskette charges, postage and handling, etc.  
 
Each member must actively participate (by contributing 
monetarily) otherwise the individual who paid for the downloads 
is stuck with several hundred dollars in fees. 
 
You can get an entire year's worth of downloads for only about $6 
- $12 monthly by participating in such a group.  Of course the 
team leader runs the risk of having to get those who've agreed to 
participate to actually participate.  Otherwise that team leader 
will have to "eat" the costs. 
 
Your team leader must search and download all the new files from 
as many bbs's as the team leader has time and resources for.
 
It is probably best to stick to only one catergory so that you 
can more easily locate participants who share your interests.  
 
Here are some of the advantages to getting your software via a 
shareware pool:
 
1) Getting shareware costs less.
2) You can get a greater quantity of shareware quicker and without 
   having to wait for downloads.
3) Someone else foots the bill for on-line memberships, long 
   distance calls, etc.
4) The shareware you receive will already be archived to floppy 
   diskettes for you, so you don't have to hassle with 
   transferring the software to diskettes. 
5) Someone else ties up their phone lines, so you don't have to 
   tie up yours.  If you have to answer to anyone else because of 
   long distance charges or because you tie up the phone too 
   long, now you can shut them up :) 
 
Is it really worth it to participate in a shareware club?  
 
Well, take a look at your last six phone bills, didn't you pay 
more than $6 monthly to get shareware?  How much more are you 
paying monthly?  Probably a significant amount more. 
 
Take a look at your monthly statements from those pay-for-access 
bbs systems.  Did you pay more than $6 monthly to receive 
shareware?  I bet you paid way more than $6!
 
So now that you know how to save money and get MORE shareware for 
less, go to it.  Find others who share your interests!
 
-------------------------------------------------
Contributed by Lamont Bell 
 
Mr. Bell participates in several Shareware pools and 
is constantly looking for new members.  If you share any of his 
pc interests (Games, Home and Hobby software, and Business 
Software) he's interested in hearing from you. 
 
Contact him directly by writing to:
 
Lamont Bell's Shareware Pool, Box 264, Guadalupe, CA 93434
Or by contacting him directly here on the net.
 
INTERNET: alamo...@aol.com
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alamo...@aol.com
Re: Don't Download Shareware!
#1329
Author: hil... Harlan Hilman
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 07:04
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  <long stuff about "shareware clubs" deleted>

  I see you're on Compuserve, and this might be valid there, but on the 
internet, we have no need for "shareware clubs", because (for the most
part) we can get shareware free from FTP sites. Now, if you want to post
this at Compuserve you can do that, but please don't cross-post it
here....
Re: Don't Download Shareware!
#1330
Author: bry... BRYAN SAYLOR
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 17:53
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AndreB (75507...@CompuServe.COM) wrote:
:  
: I used to spend over $300 monthly just downloading software for 
: my own personal use and to add to my private access bbs.  $300 
: monthly adds up quickly (I could have bought at least one 
: complete multimedia system for the money I spent downloading 
: shareware).  

   I usually download from local BBS's and from local Internet
access where I can FTP files to the local host and then download
them to my PC via a local call.  My occasional long distance calling
is only for occasional 'HOT' items and virus protection updates, 
neither end up costing me over $6 per month at 14.4 baud.  For
a private BBS owner I suppose you could rack up a bill like that,
but that's why I call local BBS's -- so THEY can pay $300.  That's
why I pay them subscription fees.

-- 
bry...@smarty.smart.net
Re: Don't Download Shareware!
#1331
Author: r... Robert A. DeLisle
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 01:38
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Re: shareware
I looked at my phone bill -- no extra charges for Internet access
We pay for a monthly access, but that is used mainly for email and
reading newsgroups.  I download a few games now and then.

But-- I have a friend who belongs to AOL and her charges are terrific.
I download the games and then snail disks to her.

We are good friends now, but the trick is to get the OTHER PERSON(S)
to send you disks and postage BEFORE you use time to copy and mail.

Our access is flat rate--not hourly.  Besides, there are several
local BBS with files to download free.  Who needs a club?  I guess
the members of on-line services or hourly commercial access, but here 
most seem to be students with free access or a flat rate like mine.
AAD 
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