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HP Seeks to Block Competitor From Revealing Its Pricing
Matt Asay writes "On October 13, 2008, Hewlett-Packard sent a complaint to an open-source competitor, GroundWork, asking GroundWork to stop revealing HP's 'confidential' pricing. CNET has posted the letter, which indicates that HP doesn't want its pricing revealed, but which doesn't question the veracity of the pricing (which, not surprisingly, is 82 percent higher than the open-source vendor's). Does HP think its pricing is really a secret? It's publicly available at GSA Advantage. Guess what? HP software costs a lot of money, but presumably feels that it can justify the high prices. Why try to hide the pricing information?"
So HP salespeople are deceitful, trying to mislead customers into making them feel they got a good bargain (even though they paid exactly what everyone else pays). Sorry but I prefer honesty. I prefer openness. Same as any other retailer like Walmart or JCPenney.
Guess you can't seem to think about the "Instant Discounts", "1 coupon Rebate", "Mail In Rebate", "1 Check Rebate", which Wal Mart and JC Penneys (you REALLY wear the clothes you purchase there, that deserves a down-mod on general principal) both take advantage of.
Marketing is everywhere. Just because you look at the world in a different light than the rest of the sheeple really doesn't matter.... You can take your dollar elsewhere (where, I really don't know, since ALL retailers use these tactics)... The stores still have idiots taking "value" out of their homes and spending it on little Juan's clothes so he can look as good as Julio (who's parents are doing the same thing).
--Toll_Free