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. > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Too-Expensive-for-Me-tp5041349p5041349.html > >> Sent from the Mono for Android mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Monodroid mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > >> UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Monodroid mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > > > _______________________________________________ > Monodroid mailing list > [email protected] > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid >
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