Here is the long awaited announcement
about 8BS charges.
The only two charges to change are:
1. Software from the pool up from 10p
to 50p
2. Formatting charge up from 10p to 15p
Subscriptions will remain at 50p an
issue if postage, packing and disc are
supplied.
Charges for software from the pool if
8BS supplies the disc are £1.00p per
disc whether 3.5" or 5.25".
Charges for software from the pool if
you supply the formatted disc and
return postage and packing are 50p a
disc. THE CHARGE OF ONLY 10p PER DISC
HAS BEEN DROPPED.
Unformatted 5.25" discs may be
purchased from 8BS at £3.40 for 10
including p+p.
8BS used to charge 10p a disc for
formatting. THIS CHARGE IS TO GO UP BY
5p. 8BS charges 15p for formatting a
disc.
This gives you three methods of
purchasing software from the pool. None
of which makes much difference to 8BS.
Method 1. You supply the formatted discs, 50p for
each disc and return postage.
Method 2. You pay £1.00 a disc. 8BS supplies disc
and return postage.
Method 3. For each 10 discs, you pay £3.40, £1.50
for formatting and £5.00 for copying.
8BS supplies return postage.
So for 10 discs from the pool, charges
to you for the 3 different methods are:
Disc Format Copy Postage You pay
1 0.00 0.00 5.00 1.04 6.04
2 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.25 10.25
3 3.40 1.50 5.00 0.25 10.15
When working out the postage charge I
have allowed for the cost of actually
requesting the software and sending any
discs to 8BS. Letters worked out as
first class. Packages of discs, 2nd
class.
PLEASE verify your formatted discs
before sending them to 8BS. PLEASE send
CLEAN NON STICKY discs!
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