Re: SMA, still the same price
- From: "harry bates" <hdbates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 15:47:29 -0500
I wish Freedom Scientific offered a senior citizen's discount.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: SMA, still the same price
> That's how they wacked me when I missed a couple upgrades back a few years
> ago, now I just renew my SMA so they have me in the system in case I need
> tech support and so I at least get to try each upgrade and see if I like
> it
> though I might have paid for my last one, I just don't have the money, my
> days of saving up for it might be over.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "AB7HW Dick Lee Chrisman" <ab7hw@xxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 3:25 PM
> Subject: Re: SMA, still the same price
>
>
>> This brings up the little saying of "Pay me now or Pay me later" either
>> way
>> you will pay for the up grades.
>> Freedom Scientific charges you if you skip several up grades. When you
>> do
>> finally get a up date the price will reflect the prices you skipped over.
>>
>> So if the up grade is $110.00 and you don't want it or the next two that
>> is
>> three up grades you skip then when you buy the fourth up grade the price
>> will include the three up grades you skipped and the up grade for the
>> fourth
>> one will be about $440.00.
>> At least this seems to have been the case in the past.
>> Dick
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 12:52 PM
>> Subject: SMA; was RE: v 6 issues: Re: keystroke e and f do almost the
>> same
>> thing on web pages
>>
>>
>>> You bring up a very good point I'd like to emphasize to others again. I
>>> think it is a *very bad* idea to pay for an SMA. As you point out,
>>> you're paying for software which is completely untested by doing this.
>>> I think it's a lot likelier that FS will work that much harder if they
>>> knew that each and every upgrade had to sell itself on its own merits
>>> and wasn't pre-sold.
>>>
>>> Before someone worries too much about the price of the upgrade let me
>>> point out that if the upgrade is considered too expensive by most folks,
>>> then they won't buy and FS won't sell any, and so there will be a lot of
>>> pressure to keep the price reasonable. Not to mention the pressure from
>>> the competition.
>>>
>>> =20
>>>
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
>>> > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:59 PM
>>> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > Subject: v 6 issues: Re: keystroke e and f do almost the same=20
>>> > thing on web pages
>>> >=20
>>> > Hi,
>>> > Since there was no public beta, there is no beta-like place=20
>>> > to submit comments thatI know of. That is why I asked "Where?".
>>> > If this version 6 takes up an entire sma, then I want emails=20
>>> > to read when opened and for somebody to tell the world =20
>>> > "which video card" supposedly supports the extensively tested=20
>>> > joint use of JAWS and MAGIC.
>>> > Yes, there are some enhancementswith version 6 which is very=20
>>> > responsive, but the email problems and others are annoying=20
>>> > and like others, I have paid "in advance" for this upgrade=20
>>> > and for 3 MAGIC versions that do not necessarially work=20
>>> > smoothly alone or withJAWS as tauted on the F S web site=20
>>> > with--and as of las week end when I discovered another MAGIC=20
>>> > bug-- when using MAGIC *alone*.
>>> > Perhaps others who feel free to comment will discuss when or if JAWS
>>> > *finally* supports the predominant video card in use the ATI=20
>>> > models and "which models"!
>>> > I have called the very well-trained and hard-working tech support
>>> > people--who do an excellent job in my honest opinion--but=20
>>> > there are questions they cannot answer a as JAWS 6 seems to=20
>>> > bring us this new authroization scheme with some problems=20
>>> > for some. e Like learning about the problematic merging=20
>>> > problems--thanks for those warnings--perhaps some one has=20
>>> > the long overdue info on ability to use actual recent A T I cards.
>>> > Appreciate comments on "e" and "f" as when people can freely=20
>>> > discussstuff on this list, people can learn.
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