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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20 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: 2001-08-20 10:35:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!oleane.net!oleane!nnrp.oleane.net!not-for-mail From: Reivilo Snuved Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada vendors and the art of selling used cars Date: 20 Aug 2001 19:31:16 +0200 Organization: In Reverse Sender: devuns@buzet Message-ID: References: <3b7fdb8a_2@news3.prserv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gauntlet-fr.aonix.fr X-Trace: s1.read.news.oleane.net 998328678 20814 62.161.92.253 (20 Aug 2001 17:31:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@oleane.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:31:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.4 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12133 Date: 2001-08-20T19:31:16+02:00 List-Id: "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 We do not publish prices due to legal and country reasons.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 -- Olivier Devuns | Aonix: http://www.aonix.com