yea.. that's kinda lame, it's probably "free of licensing costs" but not
"handling" charges.. oh well.. less sales for them

on another note.. vikingelectronics is COOL!.. i gota get a big red
emergency phone for my house. :)

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net)

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On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Bill Layer wrote:

> I guess I should have seen it coming - the old addage never fails: If it sounds
> too good to be true, it invariably is. I saw an add for Appgen software on p 15
> of the Nov 2000 issue of Linux Journal. The add offers a "free" applications CD,
> in fact the add uses the word "free" three times. So naturally, I called for my
> FREE CD, and I was told that "While the CD is free, we are asking $9.95 for
> shipping and handling". That must be one d*mn heavy CD!
> 
> Sorry, but where I come from, a free CD means a CD without associated costs. I
> told them as much before I hung up. Probably a bad move to bait-and-switch the
> Linux community...
> 
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> Bill Layer
> Sales Technician
> <b.layer at vikingelectronics.com>
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