Subject | Re: Paintshop and Corel |
From | PeterN |
Date | 11/16/2013 16:58 (11/16/2013 10:58) |
Message-ID | <l684lf031s@news6.newsguy.com> |
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Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
Follows | Robert Coe |
Followups | Savageduck (59m) > PeterN |
Robert CoeI asked Adobe that question,. The person I spoke with did not know the answer. I anticipate a return call.
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 19:16:47 -0800, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>wrote: : On 2013-11-16 02:32:19 +0000, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz>said: : : >On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:34:42 -0800, Savageduck : ><savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>wrote: : > : >>On 2013-11-15 23:33:21 +0000, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz>said: : >> : >>>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. : >> : >>>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.
Is 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.
Bob