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A comment on Ask HN: Why do companies like IBM, HP and Oracle avoid showing prices?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why do companies like IBM, HP and Oracle avoid sh... by ropz on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @05:30AM (#5249732)
I concur, having worked in customer-facing roles for 2 of the 3 cited organizations in the 80s.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do companies like IBM, HP and Oracle avoid sh... by johnward on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @07:39AM (#5250081)
Work for one now and agree. Putting pricing in the open would take eat away at profits. Every deal is negotiated. One customer could pay $100 an for my time. Another might be paying $330.
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