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Originally Posted by TheDon
Who says the pre-regs were willing to pay a higher charge?
We weren't, we were willing to pay the price we were told, which we were told was LOWER than the general sale price of it. We got an "offer" that has turned out to have cost us £50 over not much more than 2 months.
It's insulting to send us emails claiming we're getting a great deal, telling us "everyone else pays £199.99" and then before there's even time for the dust to settle on my Tivo have £100 knocked off that price.
The ONLY reason I got Tivo when I did (and advised others to) was because it was "cheaper" than waiting.
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You're bang on here. No one has answered my earlier post, but AFAIK, in April when TiVo pre-regs were the first to pay for TiVo we were invited to purchase at a £50 discount with free installation. Implying we were saving £90 off the new customer price.
TiVo is only now available to new customers, so who exactly were the people that were paying £200 + £40 installation fee? Has anyone paid that price?
I was expecting that when new customers first got to buy TiVo, they paid £200 + £40, and after 3 months or so (i.e. 6 months from existing customers launch) the price would drop. But less than 3 months after existing customer launch the price is completely slashed is not what was originally planned.
There is no way you can say that VM planned this pricing strategy. This is a reaction price slash.