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    #1

    Rebate Version 4 plus 4.5 upgrade

    Does anyone know if the rebate is against version 4 plus 4.5 upgrade as this equals 4.5 full version?

    John
    Failure makes improvements
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    RE: Rebate Version 4 plus 4.5 upgrade

    John,

    There's be a bit said about this so a search using rebate, both on the v5 and v4 message boards will yield info. In short, what you paid for v4.5 and v4.5 RT is what qualifies for the rebate.

    kenn
    TYVM :) kenn

    Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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      #3
      RE: Rebate Version 4 plus 4.5 upgrade

      I have already purchased version 5 so I have to live with what I get, however, its not very fair for the upgrade customers
      Failure makes improvements

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        RE: Rebate Version 4 plus 4.5 upgrade

        John,

        I don't consider that I have authoritative info on this, but it's my understanding the folks moving from vers 4 to vers 5 are getting an upgrade pricing discount. The folks who're moving from vers. 4.5 to 5 are getting both an upgrade pricing discount and a rebate. At the end of the day both will have moved up to vers 5 for about the same overall price. Is this not correct?

        -- tom

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          RE: Rebate Version 4 plus 4.5 upgrade

          I must be missing something here.

          Version 4 cost me about �100.00 ($175.00) a few years ago then I bought the upgrade online from Alpha and it cost $79.00 (I THINK). At this time version 4.5 full copy cost about $150.00 (MEMORY IS FAILING) please correct if I wrong.

          So I can not use version 4.5 upgrade on its own correct? Therefore I must be paying more for the same result, if my approximations are correct.

          John
          Failure makes improvements

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            RE: Rebate Version 4 plus 4.5 upgrade

            John,

            You said something I do not understand.

            "So I can not use version 4.5 upgrade on its own correct? "


            No, you can continue to use vers. 4.5 as long as you wish.

            It's my understanding that vers. 5 is a new product and will install in a different folder. This is different from the upgrade from vers. 4.03 to vers. 4.5, which, if I recall correctly, updated your existing installation.

            If you elect to use both vers. 4.5 and vers 5 on the same database files you may be headed for trouble, since vers. 5 has changed the way certain features in your form layouts (menus, and possibly toolbars) are handled. If you convert them to run with vers. 5 you may have trouble with vers. 4.5. Ditto, if you revise your database to incorporate new vers. 5 features that are not supported by vers. 4.5.

            On the other hand if you're upset about the math being slightly off when comparing the cost to go from vers. 4 to vers 5 with the cost to go from vers 4 to vers 4.5 to vers 5, I'm not going to say anything further cause I don't think it's worth using the bandwidth (or our time) to do so.

            -- tom

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              #7
              RE: Rebate Version 4 plus 4.5 upgrade

              Hi Tom

              You�ve missed my point.

              As you say end of correspondence

              Kind regards

              John
              Failure makes improvements

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