I think few of us are very good at setting prices for items. We are more qualified when it comes to paying less for something than we are in charging more for an item.
I would leave the pricing strategies to the sellers and work on getting the price down whatever way works for you. Sellers are more motivated to reduce prices when they aren't selling product well... Sometimes the answer for them is to raise prices, as odd as that seems... It's up to them to see 'what the market will bear' and what value their customers place on the commodity. If they don't make happy customers they will not be around too long... eventually their customers will talk and word of mouth spreads rumors like wildfire. If you want to communicate to Altium, Protel, tell them things that help them sell their products... things that make you want to buy their products... and they will listen. They may not do anything with the information for whatever reasons but at least they will listen. That is the beginning of wisdom. Bill Brooks - KG6VVP PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+, C.I.I. Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 Datron World Communications, Inc. _______________________________________ San Diego Chapter of the IPC Designers Council Communications Officer, Web Manager http://dcchapters.ipc.org/SanDiego/ http://pcbwizards.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [PEDA] Have you all heard the latest DXP upgrade news? Except that this software isn't a cereal brand. Having you as a user doesn't mean diddly, any more than having some steroid-filled, brain-dead, under-educated athlete hold a box of Wheaties up and say "I eats this serial, and you shood two!". Yours is a Wall street argument, not that of a technical expert. Truth is, and no personal offense meant here, but your expertise or lack thereof is absolutely meaningless to me and virtually everyone else in the field and therefore of no real value to selling the product. That you've deceived a company into believing otherwise is of no merit to me aside from the fact that you've corrupted the purchasing of that product for those of us who don't subscribe to the Neptoism model of life. Further, those that are receiving discounts are, ime, those who are also receiving the lion's share of support from Altium, not the other way around, and therefore, by your logic, you should be paying more, not less, since you're the one who's getting paid attention to by Altium's marketing, executive, and programming staffs. That is, you cost more than one who simply purchases the product and uses it. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hamid A. Wasti >Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:56 PM >To: Protel EDA Discussion List >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Have you all heard the latest DXP upgrade news? > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>It's one thing if you or I are purchasing in quantity, because then >>discounting is rational. Personally, I doubt that's what the original >>author was implying with his "Mum's the word" post... >> >> >Customer specific pricing makes sense in far more areas than >just bulk purchases. Here are a few factors to consider: > >If you know someone to be competent and already familiar with >your software from a previous job, you may want to give them a >lower price because you know that you will not have to spent >support $$$ on them. > >If someone is a free-lance designer who will expose your >product to several clients a year and some of whom may >eventually be impressed enough to want to buy, you will want >to give that person a low price as well. > >If someone is a celebrity or a well respected authority in the >field, having them counted as a user of your product will >provide marketing benefits and hence they should get a better price. > >If someone is known to be an idiot who will suck up a lot of >support resources, having them pay a higher price would be a good idea. > >If someone is known to be hard to please and vocal in >complaining about whatever product they use, quoting them an >astronomically high price in the hope that they do not use >your product would a good idea. > >The list goes on.... but I think you get the picture. > >Hamid > c.com ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
