[gps-talkusers] Re: no choice but to raise prices

Which card comes with that price?
Thanks,
Vincent
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael May" <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:20 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: no choice but to raise prices


> Well, this announcement slipped out a bit early but no harm. We will 
> honor the existing prices until the end of 05.
> Mike
> At 07:54 AM 12/22/2005, you wrote:
> >Hello Listers,
> >
> >I hope you all had a good new year celebration.
> >
> >Sendero has been able to develop and continuously improve the 
> >BrailleNote GPS over the past 4 years largely due to a Department of 
> >Education NIDRR grant. In other words, users have not had to pay all 
> >the freight, so to speak, for the very rich features and content of 
> >the GPS product so far.
> >
> >The amount of federal funding has slowly declined over the course of 
> >this five year grant and 2006 is our last year of funding. In order 
> >to provide the features and updates you have come to expect, Sendero 
> >finds it necessary to raise the list price of the new GPS package to 
> >$1599 as well as some of the upgrade prices to help pay for 
> >development. The good news is that this price will include 2 GPS 
> >upgrades. For those who have already purchased a GPS SMA, they too 
> >will receive the two next updates. If you wish to get these 
> >upgrades, a 2 upgrade SMA is $199. This will be approximately $50 to 
> >$100 less than the cost of those upgrades individually.
> >
> >Remember too that Sendero sells the BrailleNote family of products. 
> >We hope you will purchase your GPS and BrailleNote directly from us 
> >and become part of the Sendero family. We make every effort to extend
> >
> >We are just beginning beta testing of Sendero's GPS version 3.5 and 
> >hope to have it out by March. We will divulge more about the content 
> >of this update once we are closer to wrapping it up. We are 
> >certainly looking at your suggestions and although we cannot include 
> >everything in this update, there will be some excellent improvements.
> >
> >I want to thank you for being on this pioneering GPS voyage with us. 
> >I like to think of us as a small but vocal and innovative group. 
> >Let's hope our numbers grow so the majority of blind folks can enjoy 
> >the independence we experience every day with our GPS, and it is 
> >indeed that, our GPS. Unlike any other, Sendero's GPS is a product 
> >of your emails and phone calls.
> >
> >All the best for the New Year.
> >
> >
> >
> >Michael G. May
> >
> >CEO Sendero Group
> >
> >Developers and distributors of BrailleNote GPS
> >Distributing BrailleNote, VoiceNote, Miniguide, The Tissot Silen-T 
> >tactile watch, and the ID Mate bar code reader
> >
> >MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >http://www.SenderoGroup.com
> >
> >1-888-757-6810, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007
> >Sendero Group, LLC
> >1118 Maple Lane, Davis, CA 95616-1723, USA
> >
> >Latitude, 38 33 9.239 North
> >Longitude, 121 45 40.145 West
> >
> >
> 
>

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