#Multi-tasking Computers
10-May-88 23:48:10
Sb: #123522-#Multi-tasking Computers
Fm: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
To: Henry Colonna 74726,3216
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Henry,
I think a bit of the bashing that deals with WP is twofold.
1. It _seems_ as if WP used the first buyers as beta testers. The
product came out and was obviously not up to par. WP provided excellent
support, but the fact remains that very obvious things (which I don't recall
at this time since I do not have WP, but WP did acknowledge were wrong and
fixed) didn't work as they should have.
2. WP's pricing policy, in particular they placed a $395 SRP on the
product and then reccomended (or at least their represenative here
reccomended) that folks buy it from a mail order house where it could be had
for less than $200. That in particular annoyed me. At their suggested
pricing, there is well over 100% markup. Not only is that absurd (to me),
but it's unrealistic.
They, and other larger publishing houses, seem to think that high SRP
means quality to the consumer…when in fact most consumers can (and do) see
it as a rip-off.
Don