RB>  > I imagine that having to send to a foreign country would add another
RB>  > excuse for not registering.
RB> You got the point. ;-)
Yup.  Not hard at all....
RB> So you might suggest registering by credit card, but another problem 
arises
RB> then. A credit card is not commonly used here in Europe (usually only by 
the
RB> few high income people (and those wanting to be regarded as such )). 
Many of
RB> the Americans (shareware authors being among them) don't realize this.
I didn't realize this.  In the time I've spent in Europe, it seemed that
LOTS of places took credit cards.  Was this just to cater to the foreigners?
RB>  >RB> On the other hand, some registration sites add extreme fees for
RB>  >
RB>  > Is this prevalent?
RB> I don't know. It is what I discovered quite some years ago, so maybe this
RB> policy has changed lately. At that time I looked at the prices of some of 
the
RB> major shareware programs in US$ and the amounts mentioned by the reg site 
here
RB> in The Netherlands in their advertisements.
Ah... that could be true.  Maybe they were trying to get paid too much
for the service.
RB> From that time on I decided to make up my BBS with freeware only and to 
develop
RB> my own utilities (freeware too, but I'm not actively promoting them) for 
the
RB> missing parts. The only commercial product I'm using now is my Fidonet 
mailer
RB> program (Dutchie), but as a beta tester I even got that one for free. ;-)
Sounds like you're doing fine for yourself!
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