Author: Bert Seifriz
Date: 01:59:14 10/30/98
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On October 29, 1998 at 20:15:48, Reynolds Takata wrote: > I don't understand how any people who bought Rebel 10 at the higher price >think they DESERVE a refund. I can just imagine that i purchase some stock for >80$ a share, and a week later, or the next day for that matter it sells, for >40$. I can't go to my broker and say get me back some money from the company. A chess program is not a share. And it is not traded at NASDAQ. >Now in this case Shroeder is doing nothing else than what the market demands. What does the market demand, ever cheaper prices? Wonder who will be able to live from chess programming (it is only a handful of people anyway worldwide) when the price is at 5 bucks. >He never expected that the price was going to have to be dropped i'm sure, but >even if he did, the early buyers got something no one else did, they got what >they wanted when they wanted it, and they thought what they were buying was >WORTH the price. So it is extremely difficult for me to think that because they >missed a deal, that a company would owe them a refund. Many act like because it >went down in two weeks that's the reason they deserve a refund. Well Fritz5 is >half as cheap now as when it was when it first sold, yes it's been more time, >but firstly no one owes you time, either implicitly, or explicitly. The price >came down on Fritz 5 when the market demanded it, No, it came down because it is 1 1/2 years old, and because a minor upgrade is coming for which most old customers have to pay 30 dollars again! But REBEL 10 is 2 weeks old! exactly the same with >shroeder, he doesn't control the market. He owes no refunds. Who bought first? His best customers! His friends, so to speak! Now maybe you sell something to your friend for 100 bucks and after 2 weeks you sell the same to a casual visitor for half price. Guess how long your friend will remain your friend!! Bert/gambitsoft.com
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