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Subject:    Re: 99
From:       "Ivo Anjo" <knuckles () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-04-20 21:43:46
Message-ID: 557ea2710804201443h21b803f0qa272372df1d79963 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Yeah, I think that would be an excellent idea! Stop with the -1 or -5
prices! Free your mind :) . And as an added bonus we pay you a little more.

Ivo

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Alexey Feldgendler <alexey@feldgendler.ru>
wrote:

>
> The prices for GTA02 and the debug board are $399 and $99, respectively.
> While there's nothing wrong with charging exactly 99 dollars for something,
> the practice of reducing a round price by one dollar, AKA <
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricing> is often associated
> with cheap marketing tricks, trying to make the price look less than it is
> and so on. In my opinion, admitting that a hundred is a hundred and charging
> $400 and $100 for GTA02 and the debug board would fit better into the
> OpenMoko spirit of openness and transparency. Especially when most of the
> other prices out there end with 95 or 99, a round price tag will send a
> message: "We're honest with you and aren't messing with your mind like
> others do".
>
>
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> Alexey Feldgendler <alexey@feldgendler.ru>
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Yeah, I think that would be an excellent idea! Stop with the -1 or -5 prices! Free \
your mind :) . And as an added bonus we pay you a little more.<br><br>Ivo<br><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Alexey Feldgendler &lt;<a \
href="mailto:alexey@feldgendler.ru">alexey@feldgendler.ru</a>&gt; wrote:<br> \
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); \
margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br> The prices for GTA02 and the \
debug board are $399 and $99, respectively. While there&#39;s nothing wrong with \
charging exactly 99 dollars for something, the practice of reducing a round price by \
one dollar, AKA &lt;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricing" \
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricing</a>&gt; is often \
associated with cheap marketing tricks, trying to make the price look less than it is \
and so on. In my opinion, admitting that a hundred is a hundred and charging $400 and \
$100 for GTA02 and the debug board would fit better into the OpenMoko spirit of \
openness and transparency. Especially when most of the other prices out there end \
with 95 or 99, a round price tag will send a message: "We&#39;re honest with you and \
aren&#39;t messing with your mind like others do".<br> <font color="#888888">
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Alexey Feldgendler &lt;<a href="mailto:alexey@feldgendler.ru" \
target="_blank">alexey@feldgendler.ru</a>&gt;<br> [ICQ: 115226275] <a \
href="http://feldgendler.livejournal.com" \
target="_blank">http://feldgendler.livejournal.com</a><br> <br>
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