thanks for the bump... I've been curious about this for some time...
when I was a child it was always watchtower and awake 15cents... and i remember we always took money but never more.. it was just to cover the cost of printing .. and we were not on a donation campaign.. but if they didn't pay we wouldn't place, we needed to know there was real interest... it was a to seperate people who would take stuff just to get you off their porch.. that was what i was told...
then when the change was made, i remember being a Bethel on a 2 week construction deal and M.E.P.S had just came out recently I was told that when the society asked IBM to write the program, they were told that's imposible... so the society with Jehovah's blessing did it... and sold it back to IBM .. and with the royalities.. they were set for life.. and that is why they no longer asked for donations, I never paid for any thing after That.. but I was kicked out shortly there after.. and always wondered about the inside info I had been given, I noticed it's never been repeated on here..
DID anyone elese hear this.?
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