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The FREE Weekly
MIN-E-ZINE
Issue #27 

FREE Quick Tips to Help You Save Money,
Improve Your Computer Skills, and Enjoy
Using the Internet!

The Min-E-Zine Guarantee: No Fluff, Just Useful Stuff!

May 26, 2000          Issue #27

Editor, Phil Berkun             ISSN: 1530-6917

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IN THIS ISSUE:
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=> [1] This Week's Money Saver: The Internet's Biggest
Rip-off
=> [2] This Week's Computing Tip: CD's and More CD's
=> [3] This Week's Internet Tip: Where In The World
=> [4] This Week's One-Liner
=> [5] Subscribe/Unsubscribe information
=> [7] A Personal Recommendation: A Terrific Bargain

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[1] THIS WEEK'S MONEY SAVER: The Internet's
Biggest Rip-off
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What's the biggest rip-off on the Internet?

In my opinion it's over-priced credit card merchant
accounts. I'll tell you why. First, I've spoken to too
many budding Internet entrepreneurs who haven't sold
their first product on line but who HAVE signed up for
a 36 or 48-month credit card account. Now they're
chained to a contract on which they'll make hefty
monthly payments whether they sell anything or not.
(They were told that accepting credit cards would
increase their business 3.7 gazillion percent. But they
forgot that lots of real people must visit their web site
before they'll make any sales.)

Here's the second reason: Outrageous fees and hidden
charges. For example, most of the time you'll get
charged an application fee, then for installation or
set-up, and for the purchase or lease of expensive
processing software at inflated prices. Add on a
minimum monthly fee, a kick-back of a percentage
of each transaction, and even a hefty charge to receive
your monthly statement. Ouch.

If you're just starting out, work on getting traffic
to your site first.

You can also accept credit card payments for free
through PayPal, a company started by a group of
banks and high-tech companies. PayPal makes its
money from the interest on funds passing through
their accounts. And they'll pay YOU $5 just to
sign up.

*-----------------NEXT WEEK------------------*

      What's the credit card solution for YOUR
      mom-and-pop dot com startup? I'll suggest
      several more low-cost alternatives.

*-----------------NEXT WEEK------------------*

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[2] THIS WEEK'S COMPUTING TIP: CD's and More
CD's
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Andy McFadden's CD-Recordable FAQ

With prices on recordable CD drives as low as they
currently are, the CD is becoming a viable option for
backups of your hard drive, as well as for creating
your own multi-media or musical archives.

Andy McFadden's site started out as a Usenet
newsgroup. The FAQ has since grown into a very
thorough covering of CD-Recordable (CD-R) and
CD-Rewriteable (CD-RW) technology, hardware,
software, techniques, and more.

You can find it all here: What they are, how they work,
how to resolve common problems, technical notes and
trouble reports on specific models.

http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/

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[3] THIS WEEK'S INTERNET TIP: Where In The World
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Get Global or Get Local

It's your choice with National Geographic's Map Machine,
an interactive map site. You start with a map of the world
and then zoom down to a village or city anyplace in the
world. A great search engine comes with an easy-to-use
interface that you control with your mouse.

You can view physical, or political maps and isolate
ecological areas, search for mineral deposits and review
recent and ancient earthquake zones. The Flags and
Facts section describes the essentials of each area.

Find the Map Machine here:

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

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[4] THIS WEEK'S ONE-LINER
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"Charm: The ability to make someone think that both of
you are wonderful."

There's an e-biz in every closet. To find out how to create your own internet auction business, Click here.

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[5] From our Readers:
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[6] A Personal Recommendation: A Terrific Bargain
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business there.

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