On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:47:04 EST, you wrote:

>sell it for $39.95, which includes
>free "user-based tech support" --
>via the listserve and its subscribers.
  I gotta agree, your now talking a bargain on the Macintosh to an
extent, but if your going to limit to user-based support and such....
Visual Mac Standard basic sells for I think 29.95 and gives you a
visual interface with no support....  Just a thought...

>i'll be the "good cop" who helps them, or 
>tells them why it can't be done, sorry,
>and everyone else here can be the "bad copy"
>who berates them for not upgrading to fb3.
>we can do that, right, everyone?        :+)
  O.k. if your the good cop, can I be the bad cop?  I suppose that
means I'd hang out in the mailing list and hollar at them if they post
a question like "Your waisting Bandwidth, leave us a lone!  What, do
you think we got nothing better to do than sit around answering your
questions?  Just drive down to the Artic Library and ask to make a
copy of page 63 of the Macintosh ISBN number listings which is only
available in the Artic (o.k. so its a lie.... Let them prove it!),
then drive to Austrailia and select the 5th book on the list, that's a
an awesome book for learning Future Basic 2.... (o.k. another lie, but
hey... If they drove to the Artic, we gotta see how much further we
can push them.....)

>or better yet, flip those, and charge 'em
>$99 for the product, with a _special_
>1st-year tech-support price of just $39.95.
>("offer expires soon, act now...")
So your guarantee'ing they'll buy Future Basic 3 or decide they can
live without support the second year?