Jack, thanks a bunch for this. I really need such help here on this List. I'm so glad to have a computer-savvy person on board. As an aside, EUDORA-MAIL has mutated into something other than just Eudora, and it doesn't bother me one bit. I had subscribed to the COMPUTERS List at Rootsweb, in hopes of finding the same kind of cross-talk that we do here. Not so! Just a bunch of what appears to be teenagers, talking about "over-clocking" their systems and other general "hacking". After a couple of weeks, I unsubscribed. No help there for the things we discuss! Again, thanks, I really appreciate it, SgtGeorge (P.S. If there are any other "gurus" on this List, please feel free to contribute anything you can.) At 04:43 PM 05/21/2000, Jack Henderson wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 12:21 PM 5/21/00 -0700, you wrote: At 01:38 AM 5/21/00 -0500, you wrote: At 10:32 PM 5/20/00 -0400, George W. Durman wrote: ---snipped--- If you "buy" Office 2000 for the $300 or $400 or whatever it costs, then they will support you. If you have the OEM version, for which Gateway probably paid $10.00, forget it! SgtGeorge Ummm...George? If you can buy Office for $300 or $400, I want to know where!! <g> George is a good shopper. If you use the net right this is about right. The problem is knowing where to go and what to do when you get there. If I get a spare moment today, before I have to go back to work, I will try to find a starting place for the list. Jack This is a quickie, you must read the data on each of the sites below, this is a 10 minute search, so is just a representation of what is available. I use two of these sites frequently. Be sure to learn about cycles when you buy from someone like mobshop. On pricematching, learn how to do it right. You can save a lot it you get into it in a good way. I wish I had the time to use it right. Also, some lists have several members scanning local stores of national chains to spot good prices, and spreads the word. A good example was when the Kodak DC265 digital camera went from $899 to $799 in the Office Depot chain, they put the wrong price in the general computer, for $625 as I remember. It showed up on the Kodak list, and in about 30 hours, we cleaned out the stores from coast to coast. Many of us bought 3, and after selling two on e-bay, had a no cost camera left, with money in our pocket. Office Depot realized something was wrong within hours, but was almost 30 before they changed the price. Gave us all a great buy. Here is a short list: Microsoft Office 2000 Professional 32 Bit, the whole banana. http://www.mobshop.com/cycles?cycle_id=270048 Electronics in general. http://www.mobshop.com/ Stepping off point for several. Frequently has % off for several sites, or rebates. http://www.streetcentral.com/ A second starting point. http://www.techbargains.com/ This one a bit much for most, but lots of info. http://anandforums.gisystech.com/ Other odd one. http://www.pricematches.com/ Have fun, but be careful, as not all is it seems at times on the best of sites. Jack **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**************