RE: 56K / X2 pricing

Joe Bissot ( sysop@pcinternet.net )
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:59:39 -0700

Just a little paranoia running rampant. Discussing ending free tech support
on a list in no way even remotely is price fixing.

At 01:16 PM 6/16/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I thought there was free speech in this country... well, maybe I'm wrong....
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>-Ric
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>At 14:56 6/16/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>Be careful not to mention pricing. It IS a FEDERAL offense! This is too
>good of a list and Emerald is too good a company to have the overpowering
>Fed's calling them..
>>
>>James A. Tucker
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Chuck Neville [SMTP:cneville@neville.net]
>>Sent: Monday, June 16, 1997 2:45 PM
>>To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
>>Subject: Re: 56K / X2 pricing
>>
>>I agree with the tech support idea. No other industry gives unlimited tech
>>support forever..
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>>Chuck
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>>At 12:13 PM 6/16/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>>We would like to charge maybe a $10 premium per month... but our
>>>competitors aren't so we're locked.
>>>
>>>Another possibility. Why aren't we ALL (has to be ALL) giving 60 days
>>>free support to a new signup and then charging $20 a call for it. We get
>>>people who want endless tech support over the long term,... because they
>>>"clean-up" their hard disk among other reasons.
>>>
>>>Tech support is a profit killer in this bus..
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Chuck Neville
>>http://www.neville.net
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