Re: [MacPerl] Re: Off-topic BBEdit pricing (was Comments andquestions...)

["Larry F. Allen-Tonar" <larryat@cts.com>]

Jay,

I would suggest that when BareBones has a customer who has been
using BBEditLite, is familiar with it, even with the Lite support (not much),
then BareBones can easily expect to save >$30 on support costs.


BTW, if you can FAX or email a pic of a current student ID, it costs even less.

--L

At 1:58 PM -0500 10/25/99, Jay Bedsole wrote:
>> Besides, as was mentioned, the cross-grade from BBEdit
>> Lite is only $79...
>
>I must admit that I am not quite clear on the concept...
>Let me see if I understand this. If I purchase BBEdit
>with no cross-grade discount, it cost $119. I can use
>BBEdit Lite as a cross-grade product and I can get BBEdit
>Lite for free, so my effective net cost of BBEdit using
>the cross-grade discount is $79.
>
>Who actually has to pay $119? If someone does actually pay
>$119, then doesn't that mean that Bare Bones is ripping
>them off? Granted stupid people should have to pay more for
>the privilege of being stupid in our society... but still,
>it strikes me as being a bit underhanded... unless Bare
>Bones let's everyone who tries to buy BBEdit at the regular
>price in on their little secret... then it strikes me as
>more than a little silly!
>
>jay>
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