I suspect MelbourneIT tell themselves the same thing IBM and XEROX people say ... "People are paying extra for the confidence of knowing they are dealing with a reliable and reknowned leader in this industry. People know ...." (and i actually saw a NCR guy saying this in a demo once ) "... that the quality goes IN ..." (gesture pointing into the machine) ".... before the badge goes ON" (gesture to the NCR badge).
In other words, I think they tell themselves they are so renowned in the domains business that people will gladly pay lots more just to konw they are dealing with the best. What rubbish but if enough people are paying the $140 maybe it's a fair enough strategy. I like it because it means I can look good to my clients when I tell them their domains are up for renewal, they can renew at $140 with MelbourneIT, or they can transfer to my company and I'll charge them $66. Hell, I even have domains for $2.87 a year!! Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 12/11/06, Steve Onnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it a matter of haggling though or is it a matter of taing advantage > of those non IT savy customers who dont really know any better so they > charge as much as what someone is willing to pay for something? > > I mean i would certainly pay $140 for them if the services they are > offering were of benefit to me. What is even more anoying is that > these additional services are charged as extra anyway so your not > really getting anything extra. > > The only reason i stayed with melbourneIT was because thats who i > started using and it is what i knew, and the fact that i was not aware > that NetRegistry had a control pannel that i could manage my domains > from. When i found this out i started moving them all. > > If it was a matter of a few dollars then i wouldnt have bothered, but > when your looking at $100 difference, you really start to wonder how > they can justify the cost differences between the two companies. In > actual fact, the cost for domains at MelbourneIT have not changed since > i started working in this industry. While other companies come up. > charging less for the same thing, and substantially less, you cant help > but think it is a greed factor that keeps them holding on to their > prices, praying on the unsuspecting people who do not know any better. > > aaaaanyway > > > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
