Except that this software isn't a cereal brand. Having you as a user doesn't mean diddly, any more than having some steroid-filled, brain-dead, under-educated athlete hold a box of Wheaties up and say "I eats this serial, and you shood two!".
Yours is a Wall street argument, not that of a technical expert. Truth is, and no personal offense meant here, but your expertise or lack thereof is absolutely meaningless to me and virtually everyone else in the field and therefore of no real value to selling the product. That you've deceived a company into believing otherwise is of no merit to me aside from the fact that you've corrupted the purchasing of that product for those of us who don't subscribe to the Neptoism model of life. Further, those that are receiving discounts are, ime, those who are also receiving the lion's share of support from Altium, not the other way around, and therefore, by your logic, you should be paying more, not less, since you're the one who's getting paid attention to by Altium's marketing, executive, and programming staffs. That is, you cost more than one who simply purchases the product and uses it. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hamid A. Wasti >Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:56 PM >To: Protel EDA Discussion List >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Have you all heard the latest DXP upgrade news? > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>It's one thing if you or I are purchasing in quantity, because then >>discounting is rational. Personally, I doubt that's what the original >>author was implying with his "Mum's the word" post... >> >> >Customer specific pricing makes sense in far more areas than >just bulk purchases. Here are a few factors to consider: > >If you know someone to be competent and already familiar with >your software from a previous job, you may want to give them a >lower price because you know that you will not have to spent >support $$$ on them. > >If someone is a free-lance designer who will expose your >product to several clients a year and some of whom may >eventually be impressed enough to want to buy, you will want >to give that person a low price as well. > >If someone is a celebrity or a well respected authority in the >field, having them counted as a user of your product will >provide marketing benefits and hence they should get a better price. > >If someone is known to be an idiot who will suck up a lot of >support resources, having them pay a higher price would be a good idea. > >If someone is known to be hard to please and vocal in >complaining about whatever product they use, quoting them an >astronomically high price in the hope that they do not use >your product would a good idea. > >The list goes on.... but I think you get the picture. > >Hamid > > > > > >____________________________________________________________ >You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > >To Post messages: >mailto:[email protected] > >Unsubscribe and Other Options: >http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > >Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
