Subject | Re: Paintshop and Corel |
From | Robert Coe |
Date | 11/16/2013 15:26 (11/16/2013 09:26) |
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Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
Follows | Savageduck |
Followups | PeterN (1h & 31m) Savageduck (2h & 13m) |
SavageduckIs there any concept of buying a longer-term prepaid subscription to lock in the lower price? It might be un-Adobic thing to offer, but it would resolve the ambiguity.
On 2013-11-16 02:32:19 +0000, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz>said:Eric StevensSavageduck
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:34:42 -0800, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>wrote:SavageduckEric Stevens
On 2013-11-15 23:33:21 +0000, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz>said:Eric StevensSavageduck
A few weeks ago I had an interesting discussion with a guy whose background was in marketing and who had recently retired from an advertising firm.
He pointed out that Adobe have two classes of customers for their graphics products. There are the ordinary mortals like most of us who use Paintshop etc because we want to. Call these group 1. And then there are the people who earn their money in the field and for whom, for various reasons, there is no real alternative. Call them group 2. He said that for practical purposes this second group are locked in.
He then made the point that although if Adobe raised their prices they caused a number of group 1 to drop out, virtually all of group 2 had to stay in. Basically Adobe were happy as long as the gains from group 2 exceeded the losses from group 1.
They already do, and that is globally. There are Creative Cloud graphics & design professionals everywhere and they use all parts of the suite. Photography, both amateur & professional is but a small part of the total Adobe market.Eric StevensSavageduck
Neither of us knew whether or not Adobe had effectively raised their prices but my friend suspects that the prices will be effectively higher once the introductory discount period is over.
The introductory price of $10 US/month is for current owners of CS3-CS6. Newcomers to Photoshop CC (single module) are looking at $20/month right now.
And in a year's time?
There is no indication that the standard pricing is going to change after 12 months. There is still a fair amount of ambiguity over what is going to happen for those CS3-CS6 owners who buy the special $10/month - 12 month offer (the one which closes at the end of the year). The wording could lead the buyer to believe that if they fulfill the 12 month contract they would be eligible to renew at their current rate. Those folks would hope that would be the $10/month. However, the wording is ambiguous enough that to make that assumption would be shear conjecture. That bargain deal buyer could just as easily find his subscription doubled on renewal. So there is no telling whether Adobe is saying they would be able to continue at the $10/month of is they will join all others at the going rate of $20/month.