*AV*--I would like to thank Sultan for his comments and would like to add just a brief note of adjustment. There was a lower price for the subscription as Early Bird enticements to allow certain expenses to be covered. The early subscribers got the ground floor pricing while those that procratinated now need to pay the going rate. Well, I got a good deal of feedback asking for a temporary concession in pricing, which I agreed to for a small period of time. Then a few people reminded me that this was a bad time of year due to the holidays and requested that I extend the time period. This would allow for the seasonal shopping sprees to conclude and allow for the regeneration of funds after the season. So the interim price was extended to January 15th.
The early bird price is a thing of the past and may not be offered until next year for everyone, if certain criteria are met. It is not my intention to gouge anyone and most of the subscribers have made back their fees already in the past few weeks. My goal is to get a target base of subscribers and to REDUCE the fees next year once that level is reached, for all subscribers. All will benefit from that. As word of mouth and advertsiing brings in more subscribers, the better off all will be next year on renewals. This is a pure "make it up in volume" situation, where everyone benefits from the number of subscribers.
To this end, I have been as sympathetic to the inputs I have received about delaying the final price implementation. So, as a compromise, I put the listed final price off until 1/15/99 as the absolute drop dead date. The compromise is $100 less than the final price listed by Sultan, until 1/15/99 such that I can be fair to the first subscribers who deserve and earned their discount for having faith in the newsletter. It was also done to meet the requests of those that asked for a temporary compromise. However, at that point in time, the die is cast and I will no longer be able to make any further concessions. It creates too many issues and actually detracts from the work that needs to be done to generate a quality newsletter and investment candidates for the subscribers. I would rather spend time answering questions and doin research than to address pricing cpncessions.
For further details, contact me at stepman@hotmail.com and I will be more than happy to add you to a trial subscription email list with no obligation.
Andrew
BTW-I am not trying to openly solicit here and would rather do this privately as not to violate any possible terms of use set forth by SI. |
