they just offered a 25% discount for Black Friday.  It may still be active

http://blog.xamarin.com/2011/11/24/black-friday-sale/

You'll probably have better luck discussing this with them privately rather
than complaining about their pricing in a public forum

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Duncan McQueen <[email protected]> wrote:

> Development tools are expensive, but there are good programs by
> Microsoft to ease this burden on startups (see BizSpark, for example).
>  Would love to see MonoDroid as a BizSpark benefit.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Lennie De Villiers
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Go see how much Visual Studio.Net cost.... developer tools are expensive
> for
> > a reason, developer rates are also high... picture how high you rate is
> and
> > the developers of Monotouch and MonoDroid as well.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:16 PM, owaits <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> It is not normal that I post asking for something to be discounted but I
> >> think in this case it is valid. I really like the Mono for Android
> concept
> >> and I really want to support the project but for me the $400 price tag
> is
> >> simply too much and I can not justify purchasing the product. As I
> develop
> >> in C# it would be the ultimate solution for me.
> >>
> >> I develop a free application and it is just too much to afford
> especially
> >> considering it is only a years worth of support. So in a year I will
> have
> >> to
> >> pay again.
> >>
> >> I am writting this mainly to ask if you would consider another pricing
> >> tier
> >> maybe at $200 so that people like me can purchase your product and not
> >> have
> >> to look to learn java. Maybe you could also consider a Christmas sale?
> ;-)
> >>
> >> I really like this product and really want to use it but at the moment
> you
> >> are going to loose me as a customer.
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
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