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Re:Double your price (and no, I'm not kidding) by kingkilr on Friday August 27, 2010 @07:05PM (#1640587)
Reminds me of Roller Coaster Tycoon, the customers say stuff like "This park is a really good value" and you bump your entrance fee until they stop saying it. Except in the real world people rarely tell you your your product is too cheap.
Re:Double your price (and no, I'm not kidding) by JangoSteve on Friday August 27, 2010 @09:11PM (#1640870)
I only somewhat agree. There are ways your users tell you your product is too cheap, without actually having to tell you. One good indicator is when you have a lot of people signing up, and then not using it, in which case your product is so underpriced that it attracts indifference.
Re:Double your price (and no, I'm not kidding) by btilly on Friday August 27, 2010 @09:59PM (#1640943)
I've seen companies sign up for a $3K/month product, then not use it for 6 months.

Large companies do silly things.

Re:Double your price (and no, I'm not kidding) by Pahalial on Saturday August 28, 2010 @05:00AM (#1641497)
I've seen multi-$100k investments go unused for so long as to become worthless, most notably in the form of enterprise-scale battery backups which needed to be used within X months and were still on the original shipping pallets 2 years later.

I think the point of this article can only really be taken as applying to the consumer web; while its point might ring true for enterprise customers, they're a much more murky environment in general.

Re:Double your price (and no, I'm not kidding) by JangoSteve on Friday August 27, 2010 @11:59PM (#1641132)
Sure I've seen it too, but I'm referring to trends here.
Re:Double your price (and no, I'm not kidding) by zepolen on Sunday August 29, 2010 @03:23AM (#1643358)
In the real world people will rarely tell you that they are going to a competitor if you don't stop raising your prices.