Some things have gone up in price. Some have gone down. Thirty years ago, I had to pay 25 cents a minute for long distance phone calls. These days, I pay 2.4 cents a minute for long distance phone calls, less than one-tenth as much. The reason? All the competition that has opened up. Long distance is no longer a one-company monopoly. TM is also no longer a monopoly. Thirty years ago, our choices for spiritual growth were pretty much limited to TM, Kriya Yoga, and the 13-year old guru. Nowadays, there are many techniques available that give much faster growth than TM and much faster growth than the TM sidhis program. TM is no longer a monopoly. TM is no longer a monopoly.
--- a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "markmeredith2002" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > When I taught full time I never saw myself as > "selling mantras" or > > some such thing, but charging for the cost of > maintaining a center, > > publicity and other expenses, and a maintainance > lifestyle for me the > > teacher - plus of course giving about 1/2 to the > parent corp as a > > franchise fee for its role in developing the > product and conducting > > other support operations - at least that's the > business angle on > > understanding the course fee for TM. In short > you're charging for the > > cost of making tm easy and convenient for someone > in the US to learn. > > Agreed. > > > I think that was fair when the cost was $75-$175 > which it was when I > > taught. Now with the fee at $2500 or more, that > whole model breaks > > down in my mind. > > I just checked an inflation index from 1968 -- when > prices were > $75/$35 for adults and students. Prices have > increased by a factor of > 12.3 times since then. > > A surprisingly large factor, but then again, adult > theatre tickets > were around $1, a gal of gas around $.3, a nice > middle class home in > the SF Bay Area waS $30,000, a large Hersheys > chocolate bar with > almonds was $.10, etc., an all day ski lift ticket > at a premier area > was $5 ($75 now), hard bound "best sellers were > around $2, a new VW > was $1200 or so (I think), etc > > Thus in "today's dollars", the 1968 equivalent price > TM for an adult > is about $925. > > One could argue (not me particularly) that the value > of the prodcut > has increased due to the availability of adjuct > products that are now > available to enhance the core porduct: AV, jyotish, > yagyas, gems, > sidhis, collective consiousness, etc. > > Thus a price of $1500-2000 would not be unreasonable > given the more > complete product portfolio available compared to the > lone product > offering at $925. > > An extra $500 (25%) ($20 in 1968 terms) is added for > "humanitarian > projects" not unlike what some firms like Starbucks > and Ben and > Jerry's do (thought their percentage may be > different). > > Voila $2500 is "reasonable". And not so far off from > 1968 prices. And > heck, you get a King thrown in for free! > > > (See link. You need to do some multiplication to get > the index back 38 > years.) > http://www.watsonwyatt.com/europe/pubs/longtermstats/render2.asp?ID=14440 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and > poor with hope and healing > http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
