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From: Rich Comber <eckland@ais.net>
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Subject: Price for Video - Starting your own Business
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This is the third time I've tried sending this to the list w/o seeing it
posted.. all my other posts went through.. what's happening?
Dave & All:
I'm not as concerned with the price, but rather to the fact that it WAS
29.99 and now its going to be 59.99. I feel like I saw an advertisment,
went to the store to get the item, was told its not available, but the
improved version is at only twice the original price. I think its called
bait and switch.
Now, while I don't think Tom's doing that in this case, it feels like it is.
I could understand a $10 upcharge to cover the second tape, but not $30.
Its almost as if he underestimated the demand and kicked himself for setting
the price at 29.99, so found a reason to bump it to 59.99. How can he
justify to the folks here the additional charge of 30.00 for the second tape?
If he would have set the price initially at 59.99, I would not have a
problem, but switching it mid-stream and doubling the price is what not good
business.
- Rich Comber
At 06:49 PM 2/28/96 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, Manuel Coats wrote:
>
>> Come on guys. You spend $60 on Dinner for two at a nice place. $60 is
>> nothing if it teaches you one thing that can start making you some
>> serious cash. If these tapes bring in just ONE extra job that you might
>> not have gotten, you've made back your investment.
>
>Absolutely! We're talking about videos that teach people how to MAKE MONEY
>with their video production/animation business...you can't place a dollar
>value on such knowledge, but if you were able to, I guarantee that it
>would be MUCH higher than $60!
>
>Geez...just look at the numbers...we've all paid $40-$50 for tutorial
>videos that are 70 minutes long, yet here is a video that will be selling
>for $60 and it is 140 minutes long!
>
>I'm really surprised at how many people are unwilling to pay a decent
>price for this information...I mean, you'll pay $50 for a tape that
>teaches you how to use LightWave, but you won't pay $60 for a tape that
>will teach you how to MAKE MONEY with LightWave. Yeah, that makes sense.
>
>I cast my vote for a $60 price tag, and that is the amount that I will