SQ> The concern for me is sending raw cash (many times, credit cards aren't 
n
SQ> option, and bank transfers or checks raise costs for either me or the 
author,
SQ> not cool), given that I've had postal services overseas pocket the cash 
that
SQ> I've intended for the product's author.  While I'll still do this -- 
taking
SQ> some serious precautions, of course, I've found that purchasing something 
for
SQ> the author works wonders.  Ask the author if you can register or buy 
something
SQ> for him or her, and once the product is in their hands, you get your key. 
 Last
SQ> time I did this was with PalmScan, last summer.  I got what I wanted, and 
the
SQ> author got a CD that he wanted.  :)
Good solution!  I never thought of doing this.  Was the CD a group or
band that they couldn't get where they lived?
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