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Subject: Re: Gee! Do you think that any chess merchant would bundle CM6000 ?

Author: Prakash Das

Date: 00:48:44 12/12/98

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On December 11, 1998 at 13:35:08, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Hey guys, I have a great idea.  Since everybody is so divided about CM6000 ,why
>not have the chess merchants include it as an inducement to buy their product?
>You could have it included for free on all purchases over $300.00 and as a
>$20.00 add-on for all other purchases.  It is a very good program.  Selling it
>this way could only be done by a big merchant. Those people who already have it
>could give it away as a gift.  If you ordered a $1300.00 Staunton chess set and
>a nice Drueke wood board you could record your games with this low cost program.
> You could romance about playing Morphy or Steinitz when playing the
>Chessmaster.
>
>Chess is an addiction and CM6000 is just another delicious drug.  I think that
>it would be a nice gesture towards good customer relations to offer such a well
>programmed product.  Will anybody lose in this transaction?
>
>PS  I like any good chess program.  I have no favorites.

 Well, there are always new and good marketing ideas, but why would I buy $300
worth of stuff to get CM? I don't know about others, but I buy in spurts, and I
never get close enough to 300. It's just easier and cheaper to go out to a dept.
store and buy CM.

 I don't think people need an inducement to buy CM, it already has a good sales
going for it, and for it's price and the features including the very strong
engine (from what I have read here and elsewhere a bit), it will remain popular.



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