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cdrider1 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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I still think £10 a year max is the most that should be charged.
What level of technical support is to be offered to paying customers?
How accurate will the database be? 80%, 90%?
How quickly will new submitted cameras be verified and added to the database?
Still many question from the other thread to be answered, not to mention the badwill generated. |
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cdrider1 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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One more thing. If you pay to be a member do you still have th adverts down the right hand side of the site. Will the site be redesigned? |
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tomtomgo Regular Visitor
Joined: Aug 18, 2004 Posts: 68 Location: Holland
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Darren wrote: | [
With the release of apps such as POICapture we have already seen a rise in submissions, the implementation of an on-line submission system is very nearly ready and this too will simpligy the reporting process.
We have many other irons in the fire too! |
Darren, this makes all the 59 pages of previous posts inconsequential, as well as the Basingstoke "poll".
This was a done and dusted deed, probably from the first camera submission. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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tomtomgo wrote: | Darren, this makes all the 59 pages of previous posts inconsequential, as well as the Basingstoke "poll".
This was a done and dusted deed, probably from the first camera submission. |
With resepect, you have made your views crystal clear and we have stated ours. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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cdrider1 wrote: | One more thing. If you pay to be a member do you still have th adverts down the right hand side of the site. Will the site be redesigned? |
The members area will be a sub-site, such details have yet to be decided but there will only be ads from retailers who are making discounts available to members. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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cdrider1 wrote: | I still think £10 a year max is the most that should be charged.
What level of technical support is to be offered to paying customers?
How accurate will the database be? 80%, 90%?
How quickly will new submitted cameras be verified and added to the database?
Still many question from the other thread to be answered, not to mention the badwill generated. |
Regular users will already know how good our database is, we began this site to offer support to users and we are well able to offer assistance.
Our coverage exceeds 95% of the static camera sites and a much better proportion of mobile and temporary sites than any others.
We have responded to the complaints of those who have previously contributed, to those that use our database but have not then I would ask why not? if they did not think it was good enough then fair enough, there is no obligation to use it. To those that use it, benefit from it and have not contributed then we feel the charges are fair. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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soweezy Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Jan 31, 2005 Posts: 324 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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IMO you've just created the mother of all admin jobs...
rather Mike than me that's for damn sure !!! :D _________________ SW
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tomtomgo Regular Visitor
Joined: Aug 18, 2004 Posts: 68 Location: Holland
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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Darren wrote: |
With resepect, you have made your views crystal clear and we have stated ours. |
Exactly, i make my views crystal clear. Can the same be said in the case of PGPSW, i don't recall seeing many views from yourselves about this.
Anouncements, yes. |
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cdrider1 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Darren,
thank you for the replies. Are you able to answers points 1 and 3 at this time? I am particularly interested in support. Should there be a problem would the PGPSW team provide support on an individual basis or would the member be expected to seek advice through the forums as it is now? |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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cdrider1 wrote: | Darren,thank you for the replies. Are you able to answers points 1 and 3 at this time? I am particularly interested in support. Should there be a problem would the PGPSW team provide support on an individual basis or would the member be expected to seek advice through the forums as it is now? |
Initially a subscriber would be directed to the forum guides, if these did not resolve the problem then we will offer individual support via email. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Ako Regular Visitor
Joined: Oct 28, 2004 Posts: 128 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Darren,
I only posted once or twice in the other debate but the question I put was largely ignored. I will probably subscribe but as I said before if 5000 people subscribed it would be in the region of £100,000 pounds coming in. I assume you have the numbers of people using the database. If the numbers I quoted are correct could this be considered to be fair pricing? I've not posted this to stir another debate, I am genuinely concerned at the numbers being quoted.
Dave _________________ Holux231, XDAII Copilot 6, 1Gb Lexar SD Card |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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No organisation sets a price for a product based upon a figure they wish to achieve! They set price based upon what they consider fair for the product itself and that is what we have done.
It would be quite unrealistic to expect otherwise but that is not to say that should the popularity of the database exceed expectations we would not consider a price reduction although talk of such is a little early!
We plan to plough money back into the site and that is what we'll do. I don't wish to be drawn into numbers of subscribers or potential profits etc for commercial reasons but whilst headline figures such as £100,000 will understandably sound incredible, let us not forget the taxes and other business costs that result. It remains to be seen if even a fraction of that sum is realistically achievable. _________________ Darren Griffin
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astrocompass Lifetime Member
Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 156 Location: Windsor, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:25 pm Post subject: Phew! |
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Glad this issue is starting to resolve, and hope it didn't spoil anyone's Xmas.
Couple of quickie points:
- is there any dispensation for those of us who have contributed real money via your Paypal arrangement? At best, a year of free subscription to the Members' Area, at worst a signed photo of Bo Peep?
- how about an avatar of a cup of tea with a storm in it?
Seriously though, thanks for all your active and passive support during my first 18 months of satnav - mods, staff and contributors alike. It would have been a more difficult ride without you - all of you. I hope to be sticking around for a while. _________________ Garmin 2360LT
iPaq 2210 TTN5.2 |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Phew! |
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astrocompass wrote: | Glad this issue is starting to resolve, and hope it didn't spoil anyone's Xmas.
Couple of quickie points:
- is there any dispensation for those of us who have contributed real money via your Paypal arrangement? At best, a year of free subscription to the Members' Area?
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A good question on a point I had discussed at the very beginning but had since overlooked
It seems only fair to extend a years free subscription to all those who have contributed financially via PayPal assuming they aren't eligible for the free lifetime sub. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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BoPeep Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 14/03/2003 22:46:42 Posts: 953 Location: Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: Phew! |
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astrocompass wrote: | At best, a year of free subscription to the Members' Area, at worst a signed photo of Bo Peep? |
No comment.
Regards,
Bo Peep. _________________ TomTom 730
HTC Desire - Co Pilot Live Premium (Europe) |
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