Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 09:23:28 01/13/00
Go up one level in this thread
On January 13, 2000 at 08:32:39, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: >Hi, > > >> I may be wrong, but my over-all view remains; Chess Base company over the >>last 2 years has given better pricing on their programs & data, then anyone >>else, and ChessBaseUSA has at least on one ocassion, given me a better upgrade >>price (Junior 5.32, because I already owned Fritz5.32), on one completely >>unique, different engine (even though in the same Gui). > > >Well, the Chessbase themes CDs are still very expensive. But that wasn't the >point. >You said that "Junior6 cost less, because I've bought Fritz6, for example.". And >you can't name a shop where I can get Fritz6 for less than the normal price I named ChessBaseusa above. Did you contact them, and they told you NO to a better upgrade price? >because I own Fritz6. I don't like people making claims they havn't >verified/can't prove and make judgements from that. But I like that you are >honest enough to admit it. As above, I related my experience with ChessBaseUSA. I usaully buy from Gambit-Soft though, because the exchange rate of US currency is very good, and they offer free shipping. I find it vastly amuzing, that I often get a better price, by buying all the way from Germany, rather than just stopping in the front door of our beloved ICD. > >A while ago Chessbase sold Fritz+GUI for about double the price and you could >buy other engines and use them under the same GUI. That was the same concept >Millenium GmbH (Millenium System +Zarkov etc...) is using now. >But Chessbase changed to selling Junior/Nimzo/Fritz/Hiarcs +GUI seperately. >Exactly the same as Schroeder B.V. is doing with Tiger/Rebel now. > >> Though I mentioned that I was a big critic of Chess Base policies (remember the dongle), for a long time. Now, I'm happier, but their is always room for improvement, better prices, upgrade conditions & so-forth. This applies to all companies, as of course as consumers, we only have a limited amount of 'dogh' to go around... Anyway, I (we), can dream of the best price(s) and upgrades, right? - Especially, when we've bought from the same company many times before... >>So, in conclusion; Rebel is a great company, with a great product line, but >>Chess Base is even better. I have to spend more of what's left of my software >>buying money with Chess Base... >> >bigger= better? I don't think so. I own Fritz6 and I'm happy with it. I would be >even more happy though if they'd released a fix for the completely unusable >printing routine within the first few months after Fritz6 was released. Do you >think Ed would have taken so long for that fix? > >So, in conclusion; I don't think you can say that one company has better >support/ pricing etc. They are simply different. > >Georg As valid an opinion as is my own, Larry T.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.