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- @2 What is F1 Shareware?
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- How many times have you used a Shareware utility or game and thought
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- 'This is so good, I want to buy the full version'?
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- And then you looked at the method of payment, CASH in a foreign currency or
- money orders, bankers draft, IRC's etc. Oh dear what hassle!
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- Then you notice the author lives in another country with no way to check out
- that he still lives there and will recieve your order. Then you remember
- all the horror stories we have all heard of people sending money and never
- getting the goods.
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- All in all it is a lot of hassle and risk for Shareware customers, this is
- where the F1 Shareware scheme comes in.
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- We hope to do for Shareware what we have (modestly) done for Licenceware,
- bring it out of the stone age and make it quick, safe, painless and simple
- to get hold of the full registered versions.
- @4We have contacted various Shareware authors around the world and offered
- them this service. In return they HAVE to honour your order AND send it out
- to you FAST. We guaruntee you will get your software or you will get a
- FULL REFUND, there is no hassle or risk to you.
- Now we are not a charity so we have to charge a nominal fee for this
- service. It is sometimes nothing though, this is up to the author, otherwise
- we charge 20%, for example Doopsi through the F1 Shareware scheme costs £18
- but if you buy it direct from the author it will cost you £15, but you have
- to go through the motions outlined above to save that £3.
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- As all our Shareware titles authors are e-mail connected we send them your
- order the same day we recieve it from you.
- To order just contact F1 with your credit card and we will e-mail the
- author the same day with your order. Your Software should be dispatched to
- you by the author within a day ot two. (Apart from EDWORD, we supply that)
- You can of course still send a cheque/po to us as usual if you prefer.
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- Obviously this scheme has only just started so we only have a few titles,
- but there are many more possibles waiting in the wings and once the scheme
- is up and running MANY more will join. At this stage we are not pushing too
- hard to get more titles in as we are still in the 'trial' stages and any
- teething problems should therefore be solved easily.
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- If you have any comments/ideas on the F1 Shareware scheme I would be happy
- to hear them.
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- Steve Bye.
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