Subscription service -- fees separated into halves?

My VAR sent me an invoice for my annual maintenance . . . which I
probably won't ante-up this year as in my opinion SolidWorks Corp hasn't
for a long time been ante-ing up enough to justify it, and since I can
probably do without upgrading for a while. But the invoice is separated
into two parts -- half the cost is for "Parts" and the other half is for
"Service". Anybody clear on this? I don't think my VAR wants to
clarify (no answer from them). Discussion in this newsgroup in the past
indicates there MAY be a possibility of a one-time upgrade cost of
around $700 or so (half the normal maintenance is $647.50) which doesn't
provide ability to download service packs or use the Web site (which is
typically pretty useless anyway IMHO). Does anyone know for a FACT that
this is possible? Are there caveats? Is it something that some VARs
might offer and others wouldn't? Again, my VAR doesn't seem to want to
answer my query regarding that -- which is no big surprise.

TIA
'Sporky'

 

Parts (disks when a new version is shipped) are taxable and services
(labor) are not. At least that's how it is here in California. Our
subscription fees are broken down that way and half is taxed and the
other half is not.

Dave H

 

Makes sense and probably explains that much for the VAR here in North
Carolina. Anyone have any idea about the other part . . . whether or
not there really is such a thing as a one-time upgrade, and caveats?

How ya like it in Californy, Dave?

 

My family has been here in the SF Bay Area since 1857 and I'm the last
one left. Too expensive, too many people and too many cars now a days.
Getting close to the time to think about retiring to the beautiful
Pacific Nothwest. I did a couple years of contracting up in Redmond, WA
and realy liked the area once you got away from Seattle.

Dave H

 

Since 1857 !!? So they saw the 1906 earthquake (!). Any written
records by family members?

I thought you were Dave Hannah . . . the same who had been working in
Asheville, NC until relatively recently and had moved (somewhere, I
can't remember).

'Sporky'

 

Dave Heinemeyer is the name. Some of my ancestors were living in San
Francisco at the time (wish I owned the property now) and yes we have
things from the earthquake but none written. Old newspapers, a clock
that was knocked off the mantle. We had it repaired and it still runs
but we left the external broken parts as is. Some of my ancestors were
living in San Francisco at the time.

Were you effected by Charley?

Dave H

 

Charley was off the coast (just barely) by the time it got to North
Carolina, so all we got was a little drizzle. Charlotte is about three
and a half to four hours (driving) from the coast.