On 18/08/2010, at 10:51 AM, Owen, Clint wrote: > Alan, > > I am not defending Apple, because I have not dealt with them, but this > could be a matter of terminology.
Actually, nothing to do with Apple. And I have never had this problem with them. This is these guys: http://www.parallels.com/ > > For some software that I have bought in the past, an "extended > download > service" would let you download a fresh copy of your purchase for an > extended length of time. So, the standard price gives you 30 days or > so > to download the product, but for a few dollars more you can get a new > copy six months from now if your system crashes and you lose your > backup. It seems that it is a "download fee" that is non-optional over and above the purchase price. The alternative is to buy a disc at 21.26NZD. !! It is a con and was a hidden charge that appeared on the shopping cart checkout screen. Cheers Alan -- Alan T Litchfield AlphaByte PO Box 141, Auckland, 1140 New Zealand http://www.alphabyte.co.nz http://www.alphabyte.co.nz/beatrice
