Sorry for the typo below :) Am 29.12.2011 um 13:14 schrieb "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <h...@goldelico.com>:
> > Am 29.12.2011 um 13:06 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: > >> Hi Ben, >> >> Am 29.12.2011 um 12:49 schrieb Ben Thompson: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> Thank you for creating the GTA04. >>> >>> My problem is the early bird pricing which it seems to me requires some >>> people pay more than others, without any real incentive or added value in >>> the goods received. I don't want to pay 474 euros one >> >> Well, the early birds take a higher risk that the group tour does >> not start at all. If someone waits until 9th of February it is much >> easier to estimate. >> >> Those who subscribe early simply have to wait much longer >> although they have paid. This is why we developed this early >> bird rebate at all, to give some benefit to those who really >> subscribe early and taking more risk. >> >>> day when you were offering the same item the day before for 449 euros. >>> First you need to find out if my view is held by others, if so my advice >>> would be to write to the current subscribers to the group tour explaining >>> that you made a mistake with the pricing, and ask permission to cancel >>> their orders. Then you could create a new group buy with fair pricing for >>> all which I am guessing would be a price somewhere between 449 and 499 >>> euros. >> >> >> The amount of the rebate we give to the early birds is driven >> by donations and these are too limited to spread to everyone. >> The fair price to everyone would be 499 EUR which covers all >> cost we expect (i.e. we don't have 350*50 EUR = 17500 EUR). > > I should ass that the 449-499 EUR ... add ... > also include some money > set aside for developing future devices. Reducing the price for > everyone by that amount wouldn't help for a long-term future. > >> >> So what do those think who have already ordered? Would you >> think that cancelling the orders and start a new group buy is >> an way to go? >> >> Nikolaus >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
