From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,27539c823b51b306 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-21 02:30:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: byhoe@greenlime.com (Adrian Hoe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada vendors and the art of selling used cars Date: 21 Aug 2001 02:30:18 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <9ff447f2.0108210130.2c1c840f@posting.google.com> References: <3b7fdb8a_2@news3.prserv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.186.172.189 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 998386219 1086 127.0.0.1 (21 Aug 2001 09:30:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Aug 2001 09:30:19 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12163 Date: 2001-08-21T09:30:19+00:00 List-Id: Reivilo Snuved wrote in message news:... > "McDoobie" writes: > [snip] > > > > I'm checking around for a good Ada development environment, and I wouldnt > > mind picking up a copy of GNAT Pro or the Aonix toolchain. But "contact > > our sales rep" is irritating as hell. > > NOTE : I am posting this message on behalf of Greg Gicca, Director of Product > Management with Aonix (his newsserver is currently down) > > Chris, > > We at Aonix have specific published prices and discount policies that > can not be varied from by a sales person or other employee without > approval from a VP or higher. We do not publish prices due to legal 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. > > When Aonix produces a quote for a particular product or set of > products it is very common for the purchasing agency to ask for the > relevant pages from our product catalog that list these prices, and > discount policies. We can not vary from the prices or policies as > stated above. We in fact "never" want to be the position of having > one representative quote a different price from another company > representative, regardless of geographic region or country location > (taking into account specific country differences, currency, etc.) > > Any price quote you thus receive from Aonix from one individual will > be the same quote you would get from any other. Used car type pricing > tactics are against our (and most other) Ada company policies. If you > ask us for a price for a product it will be that published in our > product catalog. If you ask for discount policies it will also be > that published in the product catalog and will clearly show that a > larger quantity purchase would save money on per product costs. > > The one exception to our publishing prices is the ObjectAda Special > Edition product. It is published as being for free as a download from > or web site, at: > > http://www.aonix.com > > > Sincerely, > > Greg Gicca > Aonix > Director of Product Management > > adamark@sd.aonix.no.spam.com I totally agree with Greg. My company Lexical Integration is Aonix's distributor and business partner in Malaysia. Local pricing varies from US pricing and almost from project to project. But, IMHO, e-mail is a very convenient way to ask for quotes and I believe vendors will respond to e-mail inquiry almost instantly. I don't see why and how without publishing the prices on web sites will deter people from using Ada. Adrian Hoe