Brad, Like I stated before the deal was $3500 for the upgrade and $1500 for a year of maintenance. Regrettably I left out the time frame that I received the quote and that was late Nov early Dec., whenever the announcement was that there was an AD 6 vs. an SP5.
Sorry if I left out a detail or two. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Velander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:19 PM Subject: [PEDA] Here is the Snake Oil, straight from the snake's mouth. > Well guys, > There is some truth to the stories that have been slowly spreading amongst > us. Below is a cut & paste from the Email that I just received this > afternoon. You will note that on 4/1/06 the price increases and DOES NOT > include even the first year of Software Assurance. > > So they are selling their buggy, non working software without any support, > upgrades or assurances. Yeah, that will go far, before the wheels fall > off! I guess they need to raise the price to account for the legal fees > they will be needing to cover all the lawsuits that will result from > disgruntled customers when they discover the buggy/non-working features > that they had been assured were included in the features. > > Also note that what they sold just 2 months ago for the $3495 included > full FPGA support, now they have taken out the FPGA tools from this offer > but the price still goes up on April 1st. April 1st? That's it, it must be > an early April Fools joke! Or anybody who buys in is the April Fool? The > latter being most likely. > > Notice also that it is stating that the Software assurance is presently > listed at $1795. Aren't a bunch of you saying $1500? I know it was $1500, > maybe some of you were just referring to the last price you had heard or > been quoted rather than different prices actually being quoted around > right now? > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander > Senior PCB Designer > Northern Airborne Technology > #14 - 1925 Kirschner Road, > Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7. > tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225 > fax (250) 762-3374 > > > Received via email March 17th 2006, approx. 4:00PM PST. > > > -- Now the price is $3495 and still includes a free year of software > assurance (which lists for $1795). However, until the end of March we are > again offering the software for $2,995, however, this would not include > the FPPGA and Embedded Software part of the tool. Also, until the end of > the month (3/31/06), we are offering 2 three hour web based training > sessions (valued at $590) to help you make the move to Altium Designer > 6.0. > > -- On 4/1/06 the price increases to $3995 and does not include software > assurance or the web based training. This is an increase of $2890. > > I look forward to speaking with you. > > Best regards, > > XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX > Sales Representative > _________________ > Altium, Inc > North America Sales and Support > Blah, blah, blah, blah. > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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]
