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| Subject: | Re: GISList: ArcView 8.1 Pricing |
| Date: |
08/12/2001 01:39:21 PM |
| From: |
Glenn Letham |
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Good point Bill,
lots of people don't realize that there are a host of
re-sellers or business partners (call them what you please)
where users can purchase ESRI software or upgrades. It seems
that lately most people seem to prefer to go directly to the
vendor's website, particularly now that people can buy
online. What many people aren't aware of is that resellers
have a small margin that they can work with resulting on
some pretty good savings for the consumer - what I mean here
is that by shopping around you can save some serious $$.
What don't people know about this? Business partners aren't
allowed to sell online, advertise their prices, or basically
promote the fact that they are cheaper!
Keep in mind that US customers can only buy from US business
partners/resellers: Canadians can only buy from Cdn
partners, etc... Dr. Limp's referal of people to the ESRI
site seems to be a common trend in people sending clients
directly to the vendor... why? Beats me... especially when
the price can be negotiated with bus. partners.
As for Neil's original question regarding different pricing
for diff. users, I've never heard of this, although it may
have to do with differing license agreements. The move to
the ArcGIS platform seems to have complicated the licensing
issue and I'm still trying to sort it our myself!
FYI: We are a re-seller and are glad to provide US customers
with price quotes simply by sending a request to
esripricing@geocomm.com. Other resellers can be found at the
ESRI website if you prefer to deal with someone in your
local area.
Glenn
Bill Thoen wrote:
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> Neil Havermale wrote:
> >
> > There is a rumor floating around that for ArcView 8.1 single-user to
> > concurrent user(s) pricing may not be consistent - pricing is different
> > depending on who you may be or represent? Further there is an apparent "big
> > hammer" treatening that there can be no price comparison or research due to
> > license agreement for ArcView 8.1? Anyone else getting these Redland vibes?
>
> I don't know about "hammers," but I did notice in Fred Limp's recent
> review of ArcView 8.1 in GEO World, he specifically refers people to
> ESRI for price. That's unusual for a review: you usually list the
> suggested retail price and everyone tries to negotiate deals with
> the sales reps from there.
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> Are you hinting that this "big hammer" is something that prevents
> people from discussing what they paid for ArcView, or that reviewers
> have to sign license agreements before they can review this
> software?
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> --
> - Bill Thoen
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