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List:       openmoko-community
Subject:    Re: 99
From:       Jonathan Spooner <jonathan () topnoc ! co ! uk>
Date:       2008-04-21 19:10:47
Message-ID: 480CE6B7.4050007 () topnoc ! co ! uk
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Oh great so in Europe that will equate to another 4 euros...... were you 
dropped on your head as a child?

Jon


Michele Renda wrote:
> I agree, I'd like to pay for Freerunner 400$ in place of 399$
>
> I alway liked 0 finishing number more than 9 finishing number.
>
> I vote for 400$! It is a very strange request, I admit :)
>
> Alexey Feldgendler 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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