Reminds me of a story of someone who was trying to sell some used furniture: He initially set the price very cheap, around $10. After receiving no responses, a friend told him to up the price. He changed the price to $50, and received many responses and sold the furniture. It seems like its human nature to think -- if they're giving it away (or almost giving it away) it must be crap. (if its too good to be true, it probably is...) -Ross It would seem Bill Strosberg, on Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 03:00:32PM -0500, wrote: > All: > > This was a tongue-in-cheek response to a situation I've found myself in > many times. > > I've installed free (as in freedom) solutions, donated time and effort > and found over time that people tend to discount the value of the effort > because it did not cost them money. Strangely, I've found that people > who were charged for the exact same effort, using the exact same > solutions do value the solution much higher. > > It is a very strange conundrum that people highly value what costs them > more, while they discount the value of things that cost less - even if > the delivered service is the same (or better). > > -- > Bill > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux