Hi Andrej and everyone,
Let me say for the record that SeeYou, like StrePla, is a great product and
the SeeYou team supports it very well. I am trying to do a very good job
selling and supporting StrePla. Like you, I want to have a friendly
relationship with you both in public and private. We have a lot in common.
However, I am very surprised by your response. I am being completely
sincere when I say that I don't see anything illegal or even questionable
about this marketing technique. My marketing approach in offering a
"Competitive Upgrade" is very common in the software industry. For example,
for years you could upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft Excel by
sending in the license key or box top from Lotus 123. The same was true
for upgrades to the latest version of Corel Draw from competitive products.
I'm not sure I follow you note below in regard to reselling or returning
without permission of the authors. I'm not going to use their SeeYou
license key or pass it on to anyone else. Therefore they are not reselling
or returning it. I am an ethical person that can be trusted. I just want
to verify that they are actually a SeeYou user and not simply saying they
are a SeeYou user.
I am frustrated by your statement that this marketing strategy is unethical.
I am an extremely ethical person with great integrity. I am just trying to
give customers a slightly less expensive way to get into a bundle of
pocket*StrePla and StrePla. The upgrade does not apply to upgrades to
StrePla only, just the bundle.
In regard to the "free marketing for SeeYou". I have always tried to show
customers all the options before they buy. That is clear in the hardware
and software comparisons on my web site. I often mention to customers that
there are 2 very good soaring flight planning and analysis programs
available - StrePla and SeeYou. I sell StrePla and I like it very much. I
imagine that some people will buy from me because they see something in
StrePla they like, or they feel I will offer good support.
I am sincerely very interested in feedback from others as to whether they
think my "Competitive Upgrade" marketing strategy is at all illegal or
unethical. If people think I'm doing something very wrong I will gladly
change my strategy so as to keep my reputation intact. But really don't
think I'm doing anything bad. Really.
Sincerely,
Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring Supplies
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com
"Andrej Kolar" wrote in message
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SeeYou users.
Forwarding your SeeYou key to a third party is not allowed according to
the
license you have agreed upon when installing the SeeYou. A snip out of the
license agreement: "After you have received the registration key for the
software it is not possible to return or resell it without permission of
the
authors of this software."
What Paul is asking you to do is illegal from where SeeYou and Strepla
businesses come from.
It is also very questionable in terms of commercial ethics, but I hope we
don't have to go into that on a public newsgroup. Being an ever optimist,
I
am sure we (the parties involved) can talk as adults even though we are
competitors on a free market. It's been that way so far.
Enjoy using the software you like best.
Andrej Kolar
--
glider pilots use
http://www.SeeYou.ws/
"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:huLqc.34513$6f5.3442400@attbi_s54...
Hi,
I'm sorry about this being the 3rd commercial post I've done in the last
day
or so. I tend to do them in spurts... I promise to slow down after
this
one.
Being a US dealer for StrePla and pocket*StrePla and a member of Team
StrePla I have found that many customers are impressed with the features
of
the products, but they are already using SeeYou. Therefore I am now
offering a "competitive upgrade" option for SeeYou users.
If you are currently using SeeYou and you are interested in using
pocket*StrePla and StrePla, you can buy the StrePla-Bundle-Upgrade for
$294.
It includes the full version of both StrePla and pocket*StrePla. The
price
is $74 less than buying both StrePla and pocket*StrePla and is less than
the
price of WinPilot Pro. You will be asked to enter your SeeYou
registration
key when you place the order.
StrePla offers some unique features like free US Sectional Aeronautical
charts. pocket*StrePla offers full access to all the maps used in
StrePla
and some very nice in-flight task optimization features that are great
for
pilots doing OLC (Online Contest) flights or FAI free distance flights.
Of course, you may download and try the software before you buy it.
Thank you,
Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com