>Humm... If I recall this happened to me when I upgraded from 5 to 6: The coupon is in the box, but if you send it in, you get a letter back saying that the rebate price was applied when you ordered directly from MS. So I think that the $279 includes the rebate already. The wording is sketchy, but since I got burnt before, I'll probably find the reseller with the cheapest combination of price,tax and shipping, which *usually* isn't MS directly.

Interesting. Could be the case here too, I suppose. FWIW the best price I found back in August was from Provantage (www.provantage.com). Tip: if you search their site for "FoxPro" all you get at first is VFP6. But click on 'show all search results' (or whatever it says) under VFP6 and you'll get a complete list that includes VFP7.