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I'm proud of myself, so let me crow.
I wanted to upgrade the virtualization software on my Mac that allows me to run Windows (so I can use Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project which were never released for the Mac).
New Parallels 6.0 is $79.99
You can upgrade for $49.99.
Instead I bought Parallels 5.0 (old version) for $39.99 on Amazon (free shipping as anyone who can find a .edu address can get Amazon Prime for free).
That version came with a $20 rebate.
It also came with a $20 rebate if you had any previous version of Parallels. I had 4.0.
So now I've got Parallels 5.0 and $.01 profit. I want 6.0.
Luckily Parallels is giving anyone who bought Parallels 5.0 in the last month a free upgrade to Parallels 6.0.
Voila. New version of Parallels and I've got a penny profit instead of a $49.99 capital outlay.
But wait, this is for work I'm doing for a client so I can expense that $39.99 too. Oh yeah see, now I've got $40 in my pocket (as who reimburses their client for rebates that come months after a project has ended?).
And to think, I thought about just downloading it from the Bay.
I wanted to upgrade the virtualization software on my Mac that allows me to run Windows (so I can use Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project which were never released for the Mac).
New Parallels 6.0 is $79.99
You can upgrade for $49.99.
Instead I bought Parallels 5.0 (old version) for $39.99 on Amazon (free shipping as anyone who can find a .edu address can get Amazon Prime for free).
That version came with a $20 rebate.
It also came with a $20 rebate if you had any previous version of Parallels. I had 4.0.
So now I've got Parallels 5.0 and $.01 profit. I want 6.0.
Luckily Parallels is giving anyone who bought Parallels 5.0 in the last month a free upgrade to Parallels 6.0.
Voila. New version of Parallels and I've got a penny profit instead of a $49.99 capital outlay.
But wait, this is for work I'm doing for a client so I can expense that $39.99 too. Oh yeah see, now I've got $40 in my pocket (as who reimburses their client for rebates that come months after a project has ended?).
And to think, I thought about just downloading it from the Bay.