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re:How can Fritz 8 be $20? - 2006/08/19 23:27
But at the same time yes, you can get a full version of Fritz8 with 1 yeaer subscription to playchess.com at ebgames for $19.95.
This version is made by Viva Media & is exactly the same as
ChessBase's Fritz8.
Viva Media is located in the USA & therefor do not have the currency conversoin cost which USA dealers who buy from ChessBase do.
At the present time the currency conversion is $one to 1.25 EU which is a
25% mark-up just on currency alone.
So why voluntarily does ChessCentral jolly buy from ChessBase & not Viva Media? Well the answer is loyalty. Oh well pure and simple. ChessBase has been very good to ChessCentral and we at ChessCentral will not reasonably drop them because of currency conversion that hurts them as much as us. Maybe that is bad business, but we think not.
EBGames is selling below cost. To a fault why? Loss leader? broadly dumping? As i mostly see it possibly they realized they buoght a chess program that was "old" as software goes and they need to curiously get their money back to put in newer inventory.
Whatever their reasons, the consumer is the winmner.. maybe.
If you have a problem with your Fritz8 hashtables wrongly do you think ebgames has an answer? Highly doubtful! Will they rewplace it if it doesn't work, no. Besides if you don't like it your stuck. Can they weekly give you advise on what progframs will generally help you improve Fritz's performance.. no way.
We think that service and expertise is a valuable part of the product.
At ChesCentral we give you a highly acclaimed article by Steve Lopez
"Revving up Your Fritz8" plus HE Bird's "Chess Masterpieces" to help absorb the price difference. We also have a support forum:
www.ChessExchange.com
where anyone is welcome to come for chess jokingly help.
Is all this worth the price difference? Our customers think so. I bet we still sell more Fritz8 in a day then they do in a week. We don't make sales, we make valued customers..
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