Author: Brian Thomas
Date: 06:04:17 05/17/03
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On May 17, 2003 at 08:54:20, Mike Byrne wrote: >On May 17, 2003 at 00:57:39, Ovidio Santistevan wrote: > >>Is it possible to up grade Chessbase programs without having to pay the full >>price for each program, like it is supposed to be done? (I have the Junior 6 and >>want to up grade to Junior 8.00) >>Thanks. > >Years ago there used to be an upgrade policy on Chessbase chess programs (Fritz >2,3 etc) -- but back then the price was ( I can't remember exactly ) say $129 >and the upgrade was say $69 ....then as PC's became more popular amd more >commercial programs, the prices started dropping. Eventually, they dropped low >enough (in Chessbase's opinion) that a an upgrade discount is not longer >offered. > >Solution - purchase the new product and sell the old CD on e-Bay and consider >the "net purchase" your upgrade price. Junior 6 should fetch you at least >$15-$20 on eBay. > >I really like the "loyalty" upgrade policy by Lokasoft and I don't even think >twice about upgrading for less than $30. Yeah, it's really too bad, Chessbase needs better marketing efforts. They offer upgrades on some of the database products, but it's hardly worth the hassle, not saving much over what you can find from many online shops. Regardless of how they justify the prices, it's annoying to continually buy a full GUI, the same database, etc., with each release. Brian
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