limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) (03/21/89)
(was originally on comp.arch... thought I'd cross-post this one to comp.sys.amiga) In article <3493@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: > In article <800@oracle.oracle.com>, csimmons@oracle.com (Charles Simmons) writes: > > Basically, here's a machine that costs $800 and which outperforms > > systems costing $5000. > > Sounds like the Amiga. > > > No one in their right mind is going to drop > > the price that low on such a beautiful system. Why take only $400 > > worth of profit when you could have $4000? > > I don't know. Commodore seems to think it's a good idea. > -- > Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. > > Business: uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter, peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. > Personal: ...!texbell!sugar!peter, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. Nope. Max Toy at the last JAUG meeting (and I've heard this other places) said (paraphrased) that they should have priced the machine much higher. (1) People think it's so inexpensive that it can't be true (2) People are paying a lot more for only a little more power, they would have been willing to pay a little more for the same thing. (3) (same drift as #1) People don't take it seriously because it's not expensive enough. Could you imagine if they added $1000 to the price before releasing it? They could have had a great student discount program, and they would have had more money to spend on marketing and software support. But I digress... this belongs on comp.sys.marketing :-) -Tom -- Tom Limoncelli -- tlimonce@drunivac.Bitnet -- limonce@pilot.njin.net Drew University -- Madison, NJ -- 201-408-5389 Standard Disclaim er.
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) (03/22/89)
In article <Mar.21.00.08.18.1989.15617@pilot.njin.net> limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: >(was originally on comp.arch... thought I'd cross-post this one to >comp.sys.amiga) Thank you. Now, could you tell all of us what machine this discussion is about? Your article doesn't say anywhere. -- Eric Kennedy ejkst@cisunx.UUCP
dan@ivucsb.UUCP (Dan Howell) (03/26/89)
In article <Mar.21.00.08.18.1989.15617@pilot.njin.net> limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: |Could you imagine if they added $1000 to the price before releasing |it? They could have had a great student discount program, and they |would have had more money to spend on marketing and software support. And then I'd be using some generic messy-dos machine instead of my Amiga. (I shiver at the thought...)
dennison@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Theodore Dennison) (04/02/89)
In article <Mar.21.00.08.18.1989.15617@pilot.njin.net> limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: >(was originally on comp.arch... thought I'd cross-post this one to >comp.sys.amiga) > > >Nope. Max Toy at the last JAUG meeting (and I've heard this other >places) said (paraphrased) that they should have priced the machine >much higher. (1) People think it's so inexpensive that it can't be >true (2) People are paying a lot more for only a little more power, >they would have been willing to pay a little more for the same thing. >(3) (same drift as #1) People don't take it seriously because it's not >expensive enough. > >Could you imagine if they added $1000 to the price before releasing >it? They could have had a great student discount program, and they >would have had more money to spend on marketing and software support. > >-Tom Wait! Do I hear consumers begging for a HIGHER price on their goods? Wait 'till my Economics professor hears about this. He now owes me about 10 points! T.E.D.