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I'll take a stab at this... Hey, the company that acquired us isn't seeing the ROI they wished. We have struggled to grow the company correctly. We're "shutti

I'll take a stab at this... Hey, the company that acquired us isn't seeing the ROI they wished. We have struggled to grow the company correctly. We're "shutting" down the API, but email sales and we'll continue to give you the same shutdown API just at a fee.

pmlnr 8y ago
API access for a fee is ok, but email sales? Not even an approximation about fee online?
- anoncoward111 8y ago
  This is a vestige of the old business culture in the USA. "We have to tailor the solution to your needs, there's no way we could give you an accurate price before you have a conversation with us!" aka we're charging arbitrarily high prices
  - sscarduzio 8y ago
    Generally speaking I agree, but there is still some legit cases where pre sales is needed. I.e. when you are a hybrid service/product company and good part of your value proposition is product customisation/integration.
    - anoncoward111 8y ago
      I agree with you :) It's not too easy to scope every project properly when there's lot of human billable hours involved. But I imagine this isn't one of those situations!
  - sonnyblarney 8y ago
    Has nothing to do with 'the USA', and price discrimination/negotiation is not 'arbitrary' - or at least any more arbitrary than negotiating a price at a flea market.
  - ktosobcy 8y ago
    one of the most annoying things ever - recently I had to waddle through services offering VoIP solutions (phone support, IVR) and quite a lot of them had only 'contact sales' option... and most of the time they came up with astronomical prices...
    - anoncoward111 8y ago
      I cannot wait for the day they either change their practices or go out of business.
nwrk 8y ago
Other stab: https://iso.500px.com/500px-getty-images-new-partnership/ https://iso.500px.com/500px-getty-images-new-partnership/ The GettyImages licensing change involve some legal and backend changes. Jaj VCG.....

pmlnr 8y ago

API access for a fee is ok, but email sales? Not even an approximation about fee online?

anoncoward111 8y ago
This is a vestige of the old business culture in the USA. "We have to tailor the solution to your needs, there's no way we could give you an accurate price before you have a conversation with us!" aka we're charging arbitrarily high prices
- sscarduzio 8y ago
  Generally speaking I agree, but there is still some legit cases where pre sales is needed. I.e. when you are a hybrid service/product company and good part of your value proposition is product customisation/integration.
  - anoncoward111 8y ago
    I agree with you :) It's not too easy to scope every project properly when there's lot of human billable hours involved. But I imagine this isn't one of those situations!
- sonnyblarney 8y ago
  Has nothing to do with 'the USA', and price discrimination/negotiation is not 'arbitrary' - or at least any more arbitrary than negotiating a price at a flea market.
- ktosobcy 8y ago
  one of the most annoying things ever - recently I had to waddle through services offering VoIP solutions (phone support, IVR) and quite a lot of them had only 'contact sales' option... and most of the time they came up with astronomical prices...
  - anoncoward111 8y ago
    I cannot wait for the day they either change their practices or go out of business.

nwrk 8y ago

Other stab: https://iso.500px.com/500px-getty-images-new-partnership/ https://iso.500px.com/500px-getty-images-new-partnership/ The GettyImages licensing change involve some legal and backend changes. Jaj VCG.....