From: garrett@cs.unc.edu (Bill Garrett)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan,alt.religion.kibology,misc.forsale.computers.other.misc,alt.usenet.kooks
Subject: .Sigs for Sale or Rent!

erica@cc.gatech.edu (Erica Sadun) writes:
} Bill Garrett <garrett@cs.unc.edu> wrote:
} >MZAPPALA@news.delphi.com (MZAPPALA@DELPHI.COM) writes:
} >} hey how do I get my own sig??????
} 
} >I have a few dozen, including several with Bill Garrett original quotes.
} >I'll rent you one for the low fee of $1 per use.
} 
} Who the hell do you think you are?  Unisys?

Actually, no, but here's the price schedule I'd set if I were other
(in)famous companies:

IBM:  $100 per month for the basic sig, $150 for words properly
      capitalized, and $300 per month for all-caps.

Microsoft:  $75 for the sig, $15 royalty fee for anything built with it
            or made in its likeness.

AT&T:  $5/use basic fee, reduced 20% weeknights between 5 and 11, and
       40% all day Saturday and Sunday until 5.

MCI:  $4.98/use basic fee (WE'RE CHEAPER THAN AT&T!!), 50% off when you
      use it only to send email to people who are also MCI customers.

FSF:  It's free, as long as you don't package it for commercial profit,
      and send me a copy of any changes you make.

Any Defense Contractor: $2 billion each, plus an amount to be named later
      if you actually want them to work.