Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 17:06:13 05/12/99
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Yes Bert - You are right, it is really me who is nuts. I want to get all of this great chess software, and I often do not think about how much I owe on my credit card, and how I am going to pay the more important bills. And of course it is all very realative too, isn't it? I mean, $50 bucks for many (even ten times ten, times 50), is nothing for many consumer's, where-as for this inkompetent addict! It is more than I should spend in a week, much less a month. I'm just mad at myself for not having the bigger income, so that I can buy all this great stuff (from Gambit-Soft & ICD, & all other distributer's - disclamer:)), and the bigger, faster computer's to run it all on too. OK, I will work on my fate, and strive for the bigger yearly income, the American (and everywhere?), dream of course... mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! On May 12, 1999 at 03:05:54, Bert Seifriz wrote: >On May 12, 1999 at 00:36:43, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: > >>With the large number of availble engines now availble for both Fritz & >>Millenium Chess Genius, I can't help but wonder why they are so expensive. >>$59.95 for Zarkov5, or Shredder3 or WChess, or $45 for Hiarcs6, (with Hiarcs7 >>coming), or Junior5 (to be used in Fritz5, or the same interface). And then >>there is the Chess opening books you can buy seperately. I guess only >>relatively small books come with the program? Anyway, after having been >>addicted to this buying this or that engine, opening book, training software or >>whatever for several years now, I think it is a little too much for the maker's >>of this stuff to want more than say, $15.95 per item, > >Hi Lawrence, as you know, we have included the transport costs. Now >from here to you a CD with jewel case and a small manual will easily >cost 8 dollars in stamps. A padded envelope costs 30 cents. So you have >roughly 7 dollars left. Then you have to pay advertising, production >etc. Leaves you 5 or 4 dollars. Do not forget the taxman and your >insurance etc. etc. And then calculate how many you have to sell to get >a living as a full time programmer with your suggested price. >And if you are not a full time programmer you would not even have time >to ship them anywhere at night. So you need a dealer or a partner and your >turnover has to double etc. etc. >Do no expect any of these programmes to fall below roughly US $ 54, otherwise >they are not profitable anymore and they will disappear from the market. >Kind regards, Bert
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