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echo: sharewre
to: ROELOF BEVERDAM
from: JIM HANOIAN
date: 1998-03-01 09:47:00
subject: Registration

RB>  >GM>  [snip]  Now, the SERIAL NUMBERS,
RB>  >GM>  CRACKS, REGISTERS, PATCHES and all that, who come from EUROPE, are 
the
RB>  >GM>  MOST downloaded software.  Sad, but true.
RB>  >
RB>  > That is very sad.  There are always those who want to get something
RB>  > for nothing.  Fortunately, it does not seem so prevalent here.
RB> Please keep in mind, that it is nearly impossible to register shareware 
from
RB> here. Lots of people failed to get their bucks to the States or at least 
didn't
RB> receive their registration for it. And in the cases they succeeded they 
end up
RB> with a price twice as high as you pay locally because of the overhead 
costs
RB> (higher prices for international customers, extra S&H, exchange rates, 
regsite
RB> allowances, etc).
That is unfortunate.  You're right that putting such barriers in the
registration process cuts down on the already dismal compliance rates.
Very good point.  Does having foreign registration sites help?
RB> Cheers,
RB> Roelof Beverdam
RB> e-mail: r.beverdam@a1.nl
Netherlands?  How is the upcoming Eurocurrency going to affect you?
Do you think this will help or hurt the registration process?
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