Dear One &All well any things in Market that is very high rate still we buy ! so if we need this Paper in future to stay alive in Goan people heart then wehave to support as he too have no other support thenwe blood goan. as i am too crazy for this paper, we have to help dear one and all. yours Fellow Goan Stephen Fernandes Divar/ Muscat --- "v. fernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello There!!! > Came across the web page(GOAN OBSERVER Online).How > come they > intend to charge Rs1000/for a year's 'online > subscription'? Does > the content justify the amt? What is the frequency > of the print > edition? Can some one throw light on the subject? > v.f.
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Dear Stephen and v.f,
When the Goan Observer was first published it was priced at Rs. 10/- a copy. From the very next issue onwards it was Rs. 5/- a copy.
Just wait a few weeks. I am willing to wager that they will drop their online subscription drastically one they realise their steep price has no takers.
I occasionally used to browse the online edition of Goan Observer whenever I forgot to pick up a copy at the newstand and possibly would have subscribed if it was a reasonable amount. But why should I pay Rs. 1000/- to read a paper online using MY Internet and phone time when I can buy the printed version, and read it at my leisure, every Saturday for Rs. 260/- a year?
Perhaps they're targetting overseas Goans. Perhaps they think overseas Goans are suckers to be bled for money. Perhaps they didn't give it much thought.
Wait a while. Market forces will decide these things in the end. Not emotions.
Cecil =====
