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List:       openmoko-community
Subject:    RE: 99
From:       "steve" <steve () openmoko ! com>
Date:       2008-04-21 0:16:07
Message-ID: E1JnjlA-0006jm-Ib () sita ! openmoko ! org
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no free hops, barley, and yeast. make your own beer

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                [mailto:community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Michael \
                Shiloh
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 3:02 PM
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Subject: Re: 99

So with every n Neos you get a free beer? A weird "frequent buyer" program?

Peter Kraker wrote:
> I see those 2€ as some kind of twisted way of openmoko giving me a free 
> beer ;)
> 
> Alexey Feldgendler pravi:
> > 
> > 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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