Re: Ada vendors and the art of selling used cars

[Matthew Woodcraft <mattheww@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Reivilo Snuved <odevuns@iname.JUNK.com> writes:

> [...]�We do not publish prices due to legal
> and country reasons.  The legal aspects tend to be that any price
> published is only valid when published and can change at any time.
> Thus publishing it in a public forum puts out prices that could be
> misleading.  Also a price for a particular country may have
> adjustments due to shipping or other concerns.  Secondly our prices
> for a particular currency are based on the exchange rate at the time
> of sale (quote).  Our fixed price schedule is based on US dollars (we
> have to pick one currency).  The daily price in French Francs, or even
> the Euro will vary.

All these reasons would seem to apply to any product sold
internationally, yet most companies seem able to quote prices.

In my experience, computer hardware changes price much more rapidly than
software, yet I see many hardware companies advertising prices.

I think if you were to publish indicative prices in US dollars, most
people interested in buying an Ada compiler would be able to make an
adequate estimate of the currency conversion.

-M-