On Tuesday 06 February 2007 15:00, Bill Strosberg 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). Yup its a value system thing. Kinda like houses, cars etc etc. Makes the customer feel good as he/she shelled out a wad of cash, therefor it must be "important" and since I'm the one shelling it, it enhances my personal stature as well. Only rational I have ever been able to come up with. /ch