i completely agree with this too.
> 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." >> ....> >> ....> >> .... >> .... >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158424 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
