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To: Pami who wrote (12965)	1/7/2000 1:19:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62549

Microsoft Cancels Rebate Offer LOS ANGELES, Jan 07, 2000 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Microsoft Corp. abruptly suspended a $400 rebate for consumers in California and Oregon buying Internet access contracts after company officials found thousands were signing up, spending the rebate and canceling the contracts the next day. ''This is just a shame, because this simply offered consumers an inexpensive way to get wired to the Internet,'' said Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla at Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., headquarters. Pilla said the program was suspended in California and Oregon, effective today, but he stressed it was a temporary measure. The company is reviewing the program now in order to close the loophole and continue its rebates. On Thursday, people waited in line as long as four hours at some Southern California stores to order Microsoft's Internet service for three years and use the $400 rebates to purchase merchandise. Many said they planned to cancel the service the next day. ''It doesn't feel immoral,'' said Jenny Ives, a 20-year-old California Institute of Technology student who used her rebate at a Best Buy store to buy a breadmaker and a combination television-videocassette recorder in Pasadena. Some who discussed the rebate in Internet chat rooms said they were delighted to take advantage of a company run by the country's richest man. Microsoft offered the rebate nationwide. In most states, anyone who canceled service in less than three years had to return the rebate, but company officials said loopholes in state laws prevented them from adopting that provision in California and Oregon. Pilla would not comment on how many people took advantage of the offer, how many people canceled or how much money Microsoft lost.

To: Pami who wrote (12965)	1/8/2000 8:03:00 AM
From: R.E.B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

THREE CHEERS for your poem. It belongs right next to the classics...... by the way, want to see my longfellow?

To: Pami who wrote (12965)	1/9/2000 3:54:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62549

Hi, Pam! >Things people say about dogs,... > > >"My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 >cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money." > -- Joe Weinstein > >"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have >known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons will." > -- James Thurber > >"You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a >person with pets." > -- Nora Ephron > >"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you >are wonderful." > -- Ann Landers > >"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone >should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore >him." > -- Dereke Bruce, Taipei, Taiwan > >"Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of >the most fond memories!" > -- Dr. Tom Cat > >"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." > -- Ben Williams > >"When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem." > -- Edward Abbey > >"Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make >it look like the dog did it." > -- Unknown > >"Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his >tail." > -- Unknown