RE: [cobalt-users] In The Q

["Michael Aronoff" <ma@xxxxxxxx>]

Alright I have been reading this thread for a while and I must jump in.

Jay wrote:
>"which is NOT a true statement. It WAS $500 a year on the OLD IPS program
and
>now it is just a flat ONE-TIME fee of $1500. There are no recurring yearly
>charges except an OPTIONAL maintenance fee after the first year. The $1500
>one-time fee also includes free support and free upgrades for a full year."

OK so it used to be $500 each year, now it is $1500 one-time.  Hmmm...
sounds like a good deal right. But wait if I want upgrades and support it is
$500 per year?  OK so now it is really $1500 year one and $500 every other
year.  Except for the extra skins, sounds like a $1000 price increase to me.
Not that that is unfair but call it what it is.

Look, what is VERY unfair though is asking existing customers to for over
the $1500 from scratch.  I mean these people have already paid good money
and it would be smart to have a cheap upgrade.  Heck I would probably credit
them all the fees they have paid to date towards the $1500.  That way if
they had used in the Q for 1 year they would have to pay $1000, 2 years only
$500, etc.  That way longtime customers would not feel stabbed in the back.

Just my longwinded 2 cents...

Michael Aronoff - CIIC
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