Ivan, do you mean to say your prices haven't gone up in the past (pick time frame)?? I know I charge more today for basically the same work that I did 3 or 4 years ago. Why is everyone so shocked that Protel's price went up? Everything has gone up, milk, eggs, gas, cars, etc.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:23 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Upgrade Pricing Ethics WAS: Not DXP or P99SE, but > have you seen the Cadence offer!!!! > > > Yes, Rene, by definition, everything decided is a decision... > > However, some decisions are worse than others. This morning I decided > whether to eat a bagel and grapefruit juice at home, or get a McDonald's > biscuit and orange juice on the way to the office. I chose the > McD biscuit. > That was an OK decision. But if this morning I had decided to rob a bank > instead of go to work at the office, that would have been a bad > decision. I > can imagine the excuses that Andersen, Enron, and Worldcom > executives may be > giving for their actions "it was an executive decision". Well, duh, they > were executives and they made decisions. VERY BAD ONES! > > I won't be basing my beliefs on what is fair by what Microsoft (or Altium) > do. If I started operating my business that way, I would be out > of business > quickly ("Thank you for your order. Oh, did I mention that your > price just > went up 100%? That's because we came out with Rev C of the board and you > never bought any Rev B boards, just Rev A's. If you had bought some Rev > B's, you new price for Rev C's would be only 50% higher."). > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rene Tschaggelar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 12:05 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Re[2]: Not DXP or P99SE, but have you seen the Cadence > offer!!!! > > > > Isn't it the other way round ? > > Having bought the last version you're regarded as 'good' customer > > and get a higher discount than another one that bought something > > 10 years back ? > > Anyway, it is a decision. Microsoft decided in the case of office > > software that there are those who have a service agreement ($$$) > > and all the others are new customers that always pay the full > > price. > > There is no obligation to offer a discount, really. > > > > Rene > > > > Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: > > > > > > I wonder if the software can tell, during installation, which version > you > > > actually had and refuse to install if it's not the "upgrade jump" you > paid > > > for? > > > > > > IMO, I think it's a shady business practice to charge someone more for > an > > > upgrade just because they skipped a version. That's the same > as forcing > > > them to buy something they didn't want. They didn't get the use of > those > > > intermediate versions, so why should they pay for them? > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Ivan Baggett > > > Bagotronix Inc. > > > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Rene Tschaggelar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:40 AM > > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Re[2]: Not DXP or P99SE, but have you seen the > Cadence > > > offer!!!! > > > > > > > My distributor told me yesterday, that ATS was additional > to the usual > > > > upgradeability. Meaning you can get DXP whenever you want. The price > > > > increases with the number of versions you're behind. Same > as when you > > > > now upgrade a 2.8 to 99SE, which is more expensive than a 98 to a > > > > 99SE. > > > > Together with DXP you get ATS, whatever this for a year and > you don't > > > > have to extend it when it expires. > > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: CB2E41F6A57DBD46BF59EE97520A200D9FD607FC > * > ************************************************************************ > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
