[flexcoders] Flex 1.5 price - A Real Example of a Nearly Lost Sale
Well, we have just committed to Flex and fortunately beat the price rise - paperwork justcompleted with Macromedia UK. First, a big thank you to this list. Whoever started the price increase rumour did us a favour. We have been prototyping and playing with Flex for a couple of months now and have liked what see - both in terms of the 'Richness' Flex can bring to the user experience AND the 'Rapid' way we canCODE that experience. Of course, we have always known Flex to be (for us) an expensive option but, basing our budgeting on the old $12,000 price, we felt that we could justify the cost even though we were 'at our limit'. Our financial year ends on April 30, and we were planning to buyat the end ofApril and use up our budget - thank goodness we didn't wait and were able to secure the old pricing. I say thank goodness because, to be quite honest, we wouldNOT have purchased at the new prices and we would have been cursing for weeks because of 2 months wasted development effort. I can understand why others are 'angry' at the price increase, especially the smaller organisations/developers like us. Flex might be an enterprise class product but I would suggest you don't have to bea 'deep pocketed' enterprise to make good use of it. When we spoke to Macromedia UK we were told that the old (12,000) pricing was 'early adopter' pricing and they confirmed the price increase as Lucian has done. I have to say, that if you are discounting a product for early adopters, it is normal to say so upfront, indeed it is usually done to encourage adoption in an open way. I can't remember Macromedia saying the 12,000 price was discounted for early adopters (but I might of missed it), so the increase in price now seems an unusual marketing tactic. I hope Flex goes from strength to strength regardless of price, and sincerely hope Macromedia haven't killed it via seemingly odd pricing decisions. Anyway, as I said, we have now committed and we look forward to many years of happy Flex development. Regards Ian PS One bit of good news - annual maintenance is based on the price you paid for the product, so getting it at the 'old' price means we pay less for maintenance in future years. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 price - A Real Example of a Nearly Lost Sale
I've got a question concerning maintenance, maybe someone from MM can comment: we bought Flex 1.5 two months ago. When our maintenance period ends and we decide to extend the maintenance will the price for the new maintenance be based on the original price (12k) or the product's price at that moment in time? According to what Ian just wrote I would expect the first, is this right? Thanks, Dirk. PS One bit of good news - annual maintenance is based on the price you paid for the product, so getting it at the 'old' price means we pay less for maintenance in future years. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 price - A Real Example of a Nearly Lost Sale
Dirk, When I talked to my account manager the other day - he told me that the price you pay is the basis for future maintenance agreements. I would still check with yours. Jeff http://www.flexauthority.com - Original Message - From: Dirk Eismann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:59 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 price - A Real Example of a Nearly Lost Sale I've got a question concerning maintenance, maybe someone from MM can comment: we bought Flex 1.5 two months ago. When our maintenance period ends and we decide to extend the maintenance will the price for the new maintenance be based on the original price (12k) or the product's price at that moment in time? According to what Ian just wrote I would expect the first, is this right? Thanks, Dirk. PS One bit of good news - annual maintenance is based on the price you paid for the product, so getting it at the 'old' price means we pay less for maintenance in future years. Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 price - A Real Example of a Nearly Lost Sale
Dirk, that is what I was told (in writing) - maintenance at 20% of the price you pay (per year). In fact we bought an additional year's maintenance with our order (the first year was included). Hope this helps. Regards Ian - Ian Welsh. Business Manager. Harlaxton College. Harlaxton, Grantham, Lincs, NG32 1AG. United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1476-403000 Fax: +44 (0) 1476-403030 Web: http://www.ueharlax.ac.uk Harlaxton College - Learning: All Together -Original Message- From: Dirk Eismann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 March 2005 16:00 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 price - A Real Example of a Nearly Lost Sale I've got a question concerning maintenance, maybe someone from MM can comment: we bought Flex 1.5 two months ago. When our maintenance period ends and we decide to extend the maintenance will the price for the new maintenance be based on the original price (12k) or the product's price at that moment in time? According to what Ian just wrote I would expect the first, is this right? Thanks, Dirk. PS One bit of good news - annual maintenance is based on the price you paid for the product, so getting it at the 'old' price means we pay less for maintenance in future years. Yahoo! Groups Links This E-mail scanned for viruses by Harlaxton College This E-mail scanned for viruses by Harlaxton College Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 price - A Real Example of a Nearly Lost Sale
The price for maintenance is based on the price you paid, not any new prices for new packaging that might be in place at a future date. Lucian -Original Message- From: Dirk Eismann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 7:00 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 price - A Real Example of a Nearly Lost Sale I've got a question concerning maintenance, maybe someone from MM can comment: we bought Flex 1.5 two months ago. When our maintenance period ends and we decide to extend the maintenance will the price for the new maintenance be based on the original price (12k) or the product's price at that moment in time? According to what Ian just wrote I would expect the first, is this right? Thanks, Dirk. PS One bit of good news - annual maintenance is based on the price you paid for the product, so getting it at the 'old' price means we pay less for maintenance in future years. Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
