Amen, brotha! Ian Skinner wrote: > G, I believe you are arguing that a company is allowed to charge as much as > it wants for a product. I, and most of us probably agree, if they charge > that price to everyone. > > I think the dishonest business practice here is that they advertise, and > charge price A until one comes back and then they give you the preferred > price B. This may not be illegal, if it was I would assume it would be > challenged. But it does not give me, the customer, a good feeling. So I > take my business elsewhere. > > So I agree with you that they are "allowed" to do this. But it does not make > business since to me, to create a policy that drives noticeable number of > customers away. > > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > ....-----Original Message----- > ....From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ....Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 12:34 PM > ....To: CF-Community > ....Subject: Re: network solutions vs. go daddy. > .... > ....Not bothered by it, just curious about it. > .... > ....This idea that companies somehow "owe it" to you to offer the lowest > ....possible price they can. That simply is not capitalism. > .... > ....If you are having a garage sale, and one guy offers you 20 bucks for your > ....couch, and another guy offers you 30, who ya gonna sell it to? Is this > ....dishonest? > .... > ....Fair market value. Competition drives prices down. Its not a matter of > ....morals, its just business. > .... > ....Whatever company you've got right now, trust me, they want to get as much > ....from you, and give you as little as possible. It's just how business > ....works. > ....Sometimes they give you good deals, etc, but those are purely business > ....decisions. Big business simply does NOT operate from the "goodness of > ....their > ....heart". > ....> > ....> Then why do registrars like godaddy charge a fraction of what network > ....> solutions charges? By your logic, as a vendor, they should be looking > ....> at netsol and saying, "hey, if they can charge that, so can we". > ....> > ....> Sorry if you're bothered by the "indignation"...but I'll still opt for > ....> the company that, right from the start, is NOT trying to give me as > ....> little as they can for as much as they can. > ....> > ....> -- > ....> Charlie Griefer > ....> > ....> ================================================ > ....> "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, > ....> and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must > ....catch > ....> you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. > ....> Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be > ....destroyed." > ....> > ....> > .... > .... > >
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