#Upgrade Mania
Hello All,
As we are all excited about the new upgrade there are some of us
disgrutled at Newteks expontential cost upgrades.
I understand that to improve and survive to support us in the
future a profit must be made. I agree whole heartedly in this
respect. My company would be not be able to support our customers
without a little coming in as well. However, whatever happen to
giving your user base the best possible deal on upgrades?
What concerns me is that low end production houses like mine have
moved over to the Toaster at the cost of close to $2,000. For a small
business thats quite a bit of money, especially when the board was
bought 3 months before the VT4000's release. Now Newtek is saying
for you dedicated users cough up $700 more for just software!
For $1100 I could buy a almost new Toaster card, it seems almost unfair
that an "upgrade", software wise, could cost so much. I understand
that the 2.0 boards turned into them are not worth much in an upgrade
but it does seem that $1200 is excessive. In the cost scale $1,800 is
just as inaccessable as $1,200. I feel like I am buying the Toaster
all over again.
Does anyone else out there feel the same way? It seems I have heard
more positive comments than negative, but I had to add my small
company 2 cents.<g> I know some of you all will not like the comments
that I have posted but I fealt that we are quickly losing touch with
what certain company's are doing (Newtek, naaaa, never).
Ciao all,
Shawn Randolph
Silent Paw Productions