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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ubuntu Vista

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



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