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On profiteering...

Nullified

2006-11-05, 11:42 pm

In response to an earlier thread I suggested Macromedia/Adobe
Contribute might be the tool of choice, and I wandered over to their
website to see what it cost these days - I havent bought it since V2.

Its gone up, now costing $149 for the full version, so on a hunch
checked the UK site and found the cost of £123.38. This is
specifically for the *download* versions of this product, remember, so
the 'its dearer to ship that far' argument doesnt apply. When xe.com
currently shows £123.38 translates to $229.65, how can anyone justify
this blatant profiteering? Its no wonder so many consumers, both in
the UK and elsewhere, are happy to pirate such applications when they
feel they are being bent over and rogered mercilessly by corporations
just because the British consumer is 'accustomed' to heavier pricing!

George L. Sexton

2006-11-05, 11:43 pm

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:04:39 +0000, Nullified wrote:

> the 'its dearer to ship that far' argument doesnt apply. When xe.com
> currently shows £123.38 translates to $229.65, how can anyone justify
> this blatant profiteering? Its no wonder so many consumers, both in
> the UK and elsewhere, are happy to pirate such applications when they
> feel they are being bent over and rogered mercilessly by corporations
> just because the British consumer is 'accustomed' to heavier pricing!

This instance doesn't prove anything. I just purchased a printer stand.
From Office Depot, and 3 other web vendors it was $300. I found another
vendor that had it for $150.

I'm pricing USB KVMs. One vendor has them for $160, while all of the other
vendors have them for $300.

You have to shop to get the best deal. Picking one site and claiming
systematic pricing bias is an example of the Dicto Simplicitor fallacy.

For a fun explanation of this and other fallacies, this page is pretty
fun:

http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/gbu...a%20fallacy.htm

--
George Sexton
MH Software, Inc. - Home of Connect Daily Web Calendar
http://www.mhsoftware.com/connectdaily.htm

Nullified

2006-11-05, 11:43 pm

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:18:14 -0600, "George L. Sexton"
<gsexton@reddwarf.private.mhsoftware.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:04:39 +0000, Nullified wrote:
>
>
>
>This instance doesn't prove anything. I just purchased a printer stand.
>From Office Depot, and 3 other web vendors it was $300. I found another
>vendor that had it for $150.
>
>I'm pricing USB KVMs. One vendor has them for $160, while all of the other
>vendors have them for $300.
>
>You have to shop to get the best deal. Picking one site and claiming
>systematic pricing bias is an example of the Dicto Simplicitor fallacy.
>
>For a fun explanation of this and other fallacies, this page is pretty
>fun:
>
>http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/gbu...a%20fallacy.htm

Ummm, the comparison is invalid. Adobe are the retailer, whether its
bought from the US site or the UK one. This is the equivalent of your
Office Depot assistant asking you where you live when selling your
printer stand, and charging a different price if you live further down
the road than the last bloke who bought one

Matt Probert

2006-11-05, 11:44 pm

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:04:39 GMT, Nullified <null@null.null> wrote:

> when they feel they are being bent over and rogered mercilessly

ROTFL!

Spot the Englishman!

I guess you're a pub-goer too?

Matt

--
Woe to him that willfully innovates, while ignorant of the constant.
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com

Nullified

2006-11-05, 11:44 pm

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:50:56 GMT, www@probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt
Probert) wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:04:39 GMT, Nullified <null@null.null> wrote:
>
>
>ROTFL!
>
>Spot the Englishman!
>
>I guess you're a pub-goer too?
>
One is occasionally known to frequent such establishments, yes. Purely
in the name of academic research, of course. It was never proved,
anyway. The goat refused to testify

Matt Probert

2006-11-05, 11:44 pm

On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:13:01 GMT, Nullified <null@null.null> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:50:56 GMT, www@probertencyclopaedia.com (Matt
>Probert) wrote:
>
>One is occasionally known to frequent such establishments, yes. Purely
>in the name of academic research, of course. It was never proved,
>anyway. The goat refused to testify

ROTFL!

Stop it, you're killing me!

Matt

--
Woe to him that willfully innovates, while ignorant of the constant.
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com

NotMe

2006-11-05, 11:45 pm

"Matt Probert"
| >One is occasionally known to frequent such establishments, yes. Purely
| >in the name of academic research, of course. It was never proved,
| >anyway. The goat refused to testify
|
| ROTFL!
|
| Stop it, you're killing me!

That ain't half of what he's done to the goat.