Author: Tina Long
Date: 02:34:31 01/31/00
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On January 31, 2000 at 05:16:44, Anatoli wrote: >On January 31, 2000 at 04:53:51, Tina Long wrote: > >>On January 30, 2000 at 03:33:26, Anatoli wrote: >> >>>Hi Frederic ! >>>I hope you had a good trip this weekend. >>>I have a question and I think many people also would ask it. Look, many years >>>ago I bought a good Bosch drill and I am very happy with it. When I need a new >>>drill bit, I go to the local hardware shop and buy a new bit. And I buy there >>>only a drill bit, not a whole drill. But my drill is getting older and older and >>>soon I would buy a new drill. >>> During the last year I bought Fritz 5.32, Junior 5 and Hiarcs 7. It was around >>>AUS$100 each including postage. >> >>Hi Anatoli (not Karpov) >>I too am in Australia & I have paid about $60AU for these, including postage. >> >>I buy from Germany where our exchange rate is far preferrable compared to USA. >>I often receive these European programs just before they get to the USA stores. >>Feel free to EMail me if you wish to know website details. >> >>On the rest of your post, I sort of agree except: >>Programmers need to make a living & have only a fixed market. >>They must somehow entice us to buy whole programs not just engines. >>This is not a drill that sells by the million from thousands of stores. >>This is a luxury computer toy we are purchasing. >> >>Cheers >>Tina Long > >Hi Tina ! >Thanks for your answer, but still not from ChessBase. >But I am afraid nobody Ah wait another day or so, these Americans are fast asleep when we post. Also no reply often means no disagreement. If you write & commercially release a chess software, see where your price/income views stand then. >understood my point and importance of this question. And I expected people would >express their opinion because the question is relavent to everybody here. I have >bought everything directly from ChessBase and according to my Visa statement, I >paid AUS $87 for the last Fritz-6 . Of course your price is much lower and if it >is not a secret, please send me the address of your German supplier who gives >you so incredible discount. It is not secret, but this forum is provided by a chess shop, so I don't promote other chess shops here. (for those interested the clue is "Bert") I have sent you EMail. > Where do you live ? Mount Kembla, overlooking the beautiful beaches of Wollongong, 50kms south of Sydney. Regards, Tina Long
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