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   -=> Nick Andre wrote to Sean Dennis <=-   
      
    SD>  JH> not only can we not get people to pay for subscriptions for our   
   bbses,   
    SD>  JH> over the years i have seen systems that were not successful in doing   
    SD>  JH> cash prizes and other gifts to get users to call.   
      
    SD> Like how nearly every MBBS system in the 90s charged a subscription   
   because   
    SD> the software was so expensive?   
      
    NA> This is true.. If you bought either MBBS or TBBS it was an   
    NA> investment that you wanted recouped. I never once saw a totally   
    NA> "free" one of those systems until much later, when the novelty   
    NA> wore off.   
      
   Do you recall how much it was back then?  I ran a purchased/registered    
   copy of PCBoard back in the 90's, and I think it was either $125 or    
   $150, which was a significant cost for me back then.  Also registered    
   InterMail/InterEcho.  Didn't have any subscription fees, although I did   
   grant higher access levels for those who wanted to donate or register a   
   door or something.  I was surprised at how many actually did want to   
   do that.   
      
      
   ... Then, suddenly and embarrassingly, my swash came unbuckled.   
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