Ellen,
I can tell by your comments that you are feeling upset, and as you can tell
by all the discussions of pricing on the list, RunRev has a lot of work to
do to get the pricing model sorted out. I know the people at RunRev, and can
assure you that there was no intention to mislead.
I am one of the "serious developer adults" you speak about, and I can tell
you that you are definitely entitled to your opinion... everyone is entitled
to their opinion. And regardless of whether people feel that opinion matches
their own, you are certainly entitled to express it. At the same time,
however, there are obviously going to be people who do not share your
opinion and want to post their own. You should see this as OK as well, and
not condemn them for *their* opinions either.
If you are feeling that dissatisfied with Revolution, perhaps you should
contact RunRev to see if you can get a refund. If not, I would suggest
holding on until the pricing model is sorted out and then contact RunRev
directly to express your opinions. They are certainly valid, but now that
Kevin has made a call to have pricing-related conversations directed to him
and moved off-list, continuing to post them on the list does not serve your
purpose.
If you feel I am wrong to ask you to do this, I would be more than happy to
continue this discussion privately.
Thanks,
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellen Breyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:14 PM
Subject: RE: Upgrade pricing
> Hi:
>
> My final comment is, Revolution was marketed to me as "MetaCard Lite",
> geared toward the casual hobbyist and HyperCarder. That means it's not
> supposed to cost $500 each and every year ($169 every 4 months), and not
> $1000 or more to start out.
>
> I don't actually care that much what it costs, I object to the deceitful
> marketing tactics. I can see a $50 max on a 4 month upgrade for a buggy
> product that was sold to me as a hobbyist tool. I don't make any money
with
> Revolution, I just mess around with it, trying to avoid the bugs which I'm
> going to have to pay so dearly to fix.
>
> If I were a real developer instead of a programming-challenged dabbler,
I'd
> gladly pay for the pro package. I'd be using the product to make money,
and
> it seems reasonably priced for such. But all this talk of "hobbyists" and
> "low-cost alternatives" and "for HyperCarders" and "standard editions" is
> just plain dishonest, like not mentioning what their plans for their
> way-non-standard upgrade pricing policies were up front, and I don't like
> this company's selling tactics. They're hell-bent on getting that $1000 a
> year whatever way they can, even if it means non-fact-based marketing
> strategies. I would never have bought in if I knew that the upgrade
pricing
> was going to be so non-standard and onerous. They could have told me that
> beforehand, but chose not to. Gee, I wonder why?
>
> I want them to advertise their "standard edition" upgrade policy plans on
> their website, so that people know what they're getting into. It's 50% of
> the original cost, every 4 months, until the end of time, right?
>
> That's my opinion as a paying customer, like it or not. A lot of you
serious
> developer adults seem to think I'm not entitled to this opinion. That
makes
> you right and perfect, I suppose. But then, I'm sure you would agree that
> developers always are.
>
> e
>
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