Thank you everyone for your positive words on this issue. This was forwarded from an Australian email list. There has been quite a bit of negativity regarding Sendero on that list in the last couple days. I agree with what everyone has said, and have already written to the Australian list, giving a more positive angle. I have nothing but praise the Sendero for providing a great service in providing accessible GPS. Sent from my iPhone
On 05/07/2013, at 6:44 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Mr. Kearney compares Sendero's strategy with a "Bait and Switch" which is > unfortunate since it only means he has apparently not read the app > description or any information about the app on the Sendero website. As > somebody else pointed out, it clearly states on the Sendero website that a > subscription is required and this information is also contained in the app > description. In any case, here is the definition of a Bait and Switch which > typically applies to retail products, it involves false advertising as well > as 2 products, one as the bait and one, more expensive one, as the switch: > > Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud used in retail sales. > first, customers are "baited" by merchants' advertising products or services > at a low price, but when customers visit the store, they discover that the > advertised goods are not available, or the customers are pressured by sales > people to consider similar, but higher priced items ("switching"). > The intention of the bait-and-switch is to encourage purchases of > substituted goods, making consumers satisfied with the available stock > offered, as an alternative to a disappointment or inconvenience of acquiring > no goods (or bait) at all, and reckoning on a seemingly partial recovery of > sunk costs expended trying to obtain the bait. It suggests that the seller > will not show the original product or service advertised but instead will > demonstrate a more expensive product or a similar product with a higher > margin > > I find it unfortunate that so many people have so much bad stuff to say > about a company and a product which most of them haven't even tried and > which has been keenly anticipated by a lot of blind iPhone users. Let's hope > that we will soon hear testamonies and reviews from people who are actually > using the app and who point out its good sides for a change. This almost > reminds me of all the bashing of apple that has been going on especiallhy in > the tech media, it seems every time somebody comes out with something good > somebody else feels they don't deserve recognition and success. Feedback and > criticism can also be made in constructive ways which contribute to > improving the product. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Joanne Chua -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
