Steve, at 09:51 on Aug 03 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

JB> Ever Heard of Trust, from your Local Computer store???

BG> Like the local one which disappeared only last week?  Yeah, sure Jim.
BG> Anybody who's silly enough to pay up front deserves to be ripped off IMO.

SM> You could have the best of both worlds from our company. 

You're preaching to the converted, Steve.  If you check your client
database, you'll find that I'm already listed as a subscriber to your
quarterly Hobbes OS/2 CD-ROMs.  :)

SM> Subscribe to Night Owl and get it at the lowest price in the country, get 
SM> it first, and don't pay until it is shipped. 

Quite so, and I have no problems with my credit card being debited upon
despatch of said product, but I was commenting upon the danger of actually
paying CASH up-front, and then awaiting delivery.  If any company has an
obvious cash flow problem where they require payment first, they should be
avoided like the plague IMO.

Regards, Bill
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