I certainly don't think all users are out rip off all the developers. I wasn't trying to say that, but there is a percentage of users who will.
I still have to disagree with the 12 hour or even 6 hour return policy, IMHO. It's hard to fit 6 hours of content into a lot of games. Especially when that game only cost one to five dollars. A good movie only lasts one and a half to two hours, by comparison. What about all the comic books on Android that I see? I wonder how many of them were read, then returned? I'm just asking for a lite version option. A chance to try-before-the-buy. I doubt it will happen. But that's the standard in the software industry now. Almost all games sold online have a 'demo' for download. If people like the demo, they buy the full game. If you disagree with me, I respect that. But why doesn't Best Buy offer an unlimited 24 hours return policy on software or video games? Why not Game Stop as well? I believe it's because the profits would rapidly dry up as users returned item after item. True, the best software titles would be retained by users. But many titles are enjoyable and worth the money, yet are not kept (think about an engrossing single-player game, like an RPG, that only has 12 hours of content). Once it's finished, the user may think 'I'm not going to play this anymore', and return it. My thoughts are that an hour is enough time to determine if a user likes an application. Anything more than that is a free lunch. I have shifted development tracts to replay/randomness to counter this. That in itself, however, makes me think the market is limited to specific types of games. Maybe not so good for the Android platform. On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Stoyan Damov <stoyan.da...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Even 12 is OK. 24 is a bit too much. But 30 is too much. I've > experienced the 30h, and that's not all - it appears on > weekends/holidays that the 24 period could become 48h, that is Google > Checkout gets some rest as well. I'm not making this up and have > already posted this on the dev list I think. > > Cheers > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Streets Of Boston > <flyingdutc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I agree with you. > > I'm a developer and i think that the refund option is a good thing. > > However, i think that 24hours is a bit too long. It's actually even > > more than that. If i look at my sales report, the sales are not final > > after about 30 hours (6 more than the 24). The refund time-frame > > should be shortened. Upto about 6 hours, maybe? > > > > On Mar 11, 6:30 pm, Mike Kedl <mike.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I almost feel like I need to chime in here since some (but not all) > >> people seem to think we're all (or at least most) out to rip someone > >> off. > >> I'm sure there are some (but not all) people like that. > >> > >> I like that there is an option to refund my purchases if I don't like > >> them or they don't work right. This absolutely makes me feel like I > >> can buy something I might not take a chance on otherwise. > >> I have bought over a dozen things so far (some $10+). And guess what?? > >> I haven't returned any of them! But I definitely wouldn't have bought > >> about half of them if I thought I would be stuck with them if they > >> were lemons. > >> > >> A couple of the games I thought about returning because they were > >> pretty weak, but they work well enough for what they cost. > >> > >> I have bought over half a dozen games, a couple utilities, and some > >> office productivity software. > >> > >> Even though I prefer open source apps (since I like to see them > >> extended/fixed, like to see the source code, and even help in this > >> area when I can), I'm sure I will buy more as better games and apps > >> continue to become available, but I'm not planning on buying half of > >> everything released! > >> > >> Thanks for some (but not all) nice apps so far. Many (but not all) of > >> the developers have been very helpful, fixed many problems, added new > >> features, etc. > >> Mike > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Steve Barr <barr8...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > On 3/11/09, Paper Coder <paperga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> This is my perception of the 24+ hour return policy. > >> > >> > So view it as a mandatory trial period. IMO it's clearly a reaction > >> > to some of the perceived problems with the iPhone app store. > >> > >> > Google could have mandated no background processes, for example, but > >> > they didn't. > >> > >> > Steve- Hide quoted text - > >> > >> - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
