> If REALSoftware release pre-release serial numbers to us
> directly, they
> will be stabbing the distributers in the back...Which is very
> unfair to
> the distributer, a distributer does more than just sell the
> products to
> a reseller. Having a distributer means that manufactors don't need to
> have support agents, sales teams, management that can speak every
> language under the sun.
Well I'm English (UK), and Americans speak English, so this wouldn't apply
me because I speak the same language.
> Also distributers try to the product into to as
> many places for the public to purchase it as possible.
The Internet is the best place for advertising and I have never seen
anywhere in the UK advertisements for REALbasic, so Nova International (UK
Distributor) isn't doing very well at this at all - so why bother? The
Internet is where people will see REALbasic, and the odd few elsewhere.
> Think how big
> REALSoftware would have to be before it could sell a single
> product in Europe.
It's a simple automated system surely! How would that effect the size of the
business?
> A distributer makes it easier for REALSoftware to get their
> products to other countries than just the US. You may not
> even know of
> REALBasic if it wasn't for a local distributer doing
> advertising of some
> sort. I.E reviews and ads in publications.
Seen no ads in the UK for REALbasic (as stated above). I would say it'd be
as easy ordering from REAL Software for a serial number - it's all handled
over the internet.
> Please if I am wrong correct the above statement. I only know this
> because I work for a European Apple reseller who happen to sell
> REALSoftware products :-) and like most of the other European members
> here I am waiting for my serial from the local distributer.
I would be happy with the distributors if the prices were the same as REAL
Software's, and they were available at the same time. I had to wait a ages
for my free upgrade serial number to appear, those in the USA got them right
away and as usual the distributors were behind.
I don't see why credit card orders over the internet purchasing a simple
serial number couldn't be handled by REAL Software themselves, rather than
me getting it from someone else at a higher price and for them to take
longer to actually get in to them.
I'm only 16 and I don't have much money coming in, so the cheaper the
better!
Regards.
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Chris Willis
chris at macest dot com
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