On 22/7/04 4:05 pm, "Alex Tweedly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Dreamcard is good news for the community as a whole, we're very excited >> about the possibilities it opens up. > > I'm not sure I understand properly just exactly what the Player does allow. > The Player in the 2.5B1 distribution only allows me to connect to Rev > on-line; does that mean I can't send a stack directly to a Player-owner and > have them use it ? Can they only get it via Rev online ?
You can send them a stack and run it directly with the Player. Express used to only allow delivery on the same platform it was purchased on, with the Player you can deliver to all of them.
I'm warming to the runtime now.
The problem we were faced with was this: over the last couple of years, the dollar has slid enormously relative to the pound. We used to tie all our prices against the dollar, even the UK prices were billed in dollars. It was simpler to have one price, and the dollar was the most commonly used. The problem was that as that slid, *all* our sales to all countries, including the UK, started to slide as well, as they were fixed against this value. This was a really bad situation to be in. One option was simply to increase the product price. The problem with that was that the US market is very competitive in relation to software, and our research indicated that it would damage our sales to increase prices across the board in this market. So the other option was to start tying prices in markets other than the US to prices to our native currency, here in the UK. We ended up splitting the pricing such that the UK and all international prices are fixed against the pound, and only US citizens can purchase from us in dollars. The price is still the same for US citizens - remember that a dollar in the US is still worth a dollar to someone living in the US, it hasn't "slid" over the past couple of years relative to that market. And the price in the rest of the world is exactly the same as it was before the dollar currency slide, and the same as it will be when the dollar recovers. We're still substantially worse off because of the high volume of US sales that we do, but at least we're not losing money in Europe and Australia because the *US* dollar is so weak. What we're doing isn't any different from what most other companies do, and we really do not have a choice. That's just how it is - if anyone with experience with international currency trading has wishes to propose a different solution, feel free to email me off list!
Ok that is clear and acceptable to me.
Out of interest. I used to have a PUB and a 1/4 gill (measure ) + a beer was 99p (yes I am that old) the price of a whisky went up so the total came to �1.02 (above the psychological level) and sales fell dramatically. So we reduced the measure to 1/5th a gill and charged 98p
Sales rocketed again. Even although the customer was getting poor deal.
i now see how the global price is � but the USA is kept special because of the 199 barrier etc.
Is the special upgrade from express to studio still $99? :-)
Sorry kevin, I could not resist this.
All the best Bob; Sunny Glasgow
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