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| 04-25-10 03:26am - 5355 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
Retention Discounts Whilst not wishing to 'look a gift horse in the mouth', I am a little ill at ease with this. When I see it, I think 'How long have I been paying over the odds?'  If the webmaster is prepared to market at a reduced price, why isn't it offered to loyal repeat customers automatically? I don't quite lump it in with the 'regional pricing' scam, but I put it on a level with the non-porn related widespread use of promotional offers to attract new customers, whilst giving existing long term customers nothing. I would be interested to know others thoughts. Cap'n.  Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU AwardHilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! Edited on Apr 25, 2010, 03:58am | |
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| 04-30-10 08:44am - 5350 days | #2 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
It obviously doesn't bother anyone else then. Cap'n.  Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU AwardHilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! | |
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| 04-30-10 11:08am - 5350 days | #3 | |
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anyonebutme (0)
Active User  Posts: 294 Registered: Aug 23, '09 |
I suppose I just look at it as, if the work the guy puts out is good, like it would have to be to have a long term membership, then he deserves the money I give him. Life is too short to be fiercely protective of an amount like $10. | |
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| 04-30-10 11:18am - 5350 days | #4 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
It used to bother me that new customers were offered a better price than what I was getting, on things as different as a newspaper subscription or water-treatment service or whatever. Wasn't the idea that customer loyalty was rewarded being observed any longer? But then I realized that we live in the real world, where ideas like loyalty are the bullshit people sell to other people while ripping them off. | |
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| 04-30-10 01:39pm - 5350 days | #5 | |
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RagingBuddhist (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 893 Registered: Jan 23, '07 |
Careful - you're starting to sound like me. Sarcasm is a body's natural defense against stupidity. | |
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| 04-30-10 02:32pm - 5350 days | #6 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
Is it disturbing that porn sites are offering retention discounts? No. I've taken advantage of my share of them. I've also taken advantage of retention discounts offered by my local newspaper when I was going to cancel, as long as they offered them, then I canceled. I know a co-worker that got a great deal from Comcast when she called them to cancel her cable TV, saying that it was too expensive. It's called Marketing and so long as it's giving something more and not taking something away, then it's not a bad thing. In all these cases, and with any retention discount, it comes down to this - it costs more to get a new potential customer in the door to buy your product than it does to keep getting money from a person that has already been giving you money - about twice as much, according to studies that I've seen on the subject. | |
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| 04-30-10 04:18pm - 5350 days | #7 | |
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anyonebutme (0)
Active User Posts: 294 Registered: Aug 23, '09 |
Sometimes you hit good timing for a deal, and sometimes you don't. It all evens out in the end. Couple months ago I picked up a year subscription to sapphic-erotica for a $100 special, where current subscribers still only had 6 months for $100. And, if I wanted too, I could have passed on that deal, and in a year subscribe for 1 month @ $20 and downloaded all the updates. Life just becomes more enjoyable when one stops worrying about squeezing every penny of value out of something. I'm not being loyal to them, and they are not being loyal to me. Although it is hella fun when the site *does* respond and is loyal to me  | |
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| 04-30-10 10:24pm - 5349 days | #8 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
Afford what you must, and save for what you can not afford. The reward to event is sweeter if its special and not just another purchase. Since 2007 | |
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| 05-03-10 03:12pm - 5347 days | #9 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
It is the principle of the practice. Ethics?  Nah forget it!  Cap'n.  Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU AwardHilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! | |
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