Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 16:57:22 03/30/99
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On March 30, 1999 at 19:32:05, Dann Corbit wrote: >>Ed from Rebel realised this and cut his price in half. He can see the way the >>market is. And since he will not allow the SSDF to rate his program, I think he >>is even in a worse position. >An interesting remark. Cutting the cost of the program may not drive sales the >way that Ed would like. And a rating of computer verses computer that has a >different program a few points higher will drive a buy decision. Is that the >only reason that people buy chess programs? So that they can beat a different >chess program 5% more often? When someone looks at the SSDF they will help them determine what they will buy, most people do not look at the details they just look at who came first. As with most sports events, you ever hard they saying "People only remember the winners, not who came first or second. Lets take Carl Lewis for example, and all the event he won at the Olympics, do you remember the other people in the race, the ones that came second or third. People like winners, and they only look at who is on the top. And when you are dealing with the mass Market they is always the case, they want the best and they want it for as cheap as they can get it. And as for Rebel 10, I only bought it when he dropped the price. I would not have if it was double what it is now.
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