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This is an issue that MS has to step up to in general (i.e. not just as relates to VFP)!

When VFP7 was first released there finally appeared information on the MS web site giving pricing/discount information. While my main interest was the price itself, the fact that it stated a $100. discount sure didn't hurt. Finally knowing a price I went ahead and ordered it.

It later turned out that the web site was changed to reflect a $50. discount. A few of us (discussed here) had seen the $100 earlier, but none of us really grumbled about the change.

But your experience, added to the above, raises some important issues, especially for a company that wants to promote the web as heavily as humanly possible.
The most important issue is CREDIBILITY of web content at a particular site, which in this case is MS'. If I can't trust pages like this to be accurate, why should I trust downloads and other things from MS?
At this point they have mainly TOLERANT techie types using their pages, but even we will tire of this if it is allowed to continue.

It almost looks like MS has some techies put a page up, THEN have it reviewed by management. I don't know how else something like a 100% misstatement of a discount amount - something that is always of keen interest to potential purchasers - could get up there in the first place.
It seems awfully similar in the case of qualifying products.

A pretty sad situation when I think about it.

regards,
Jim Nelson