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Originally Posted by borisb
There may be a wealthy few who will buy it at that premium just because the eDGe is a fantastic device, but I really can't see students - which is the target market - going for that expense. And I can't see enTourage trying to "jack up" the price out of greed. Every company (except Apple, which can charge 100-200% markup just because their sheep will buy, unquestioningly, anything prefixed with "i"!) charges the least amount they can while meeting their own cost and basic profit requirements. So the euro price is the unpleasant reality of enTourage's current situation.
Another thing to consider is the size of the US and Canadian markets, though. For this small startup's target demographic, that's tens of millions of students and non-students (like me), they can tap into right here at home. When they have a clearly visible number of students in every campus using an eDGe, they'll be a runaway success already. Europe and Asia will then just be icing on the cake.
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I do understand, I do agree, I do see. Economy rules, whether we like it or not. Still, we're supposed to be a global village, so when purchasing electronics in order to buy more of non-paper publications, it should be relatively easy irrespective of the continent. Unfortunately it isn't so.
I am also aware of the fact that USA & Canada are such a huge market that entourage may not be interested in the rest of the world (yet). Still - it's probably the most common word in my posts
- I would like to be able to buy eDGe without double shipping via USA, without legal issues over US warranty in Europe, and such.
I also hate it when e-books or applications or even electronics are market 'USA & Canada only.' Is my cash any worse than yours? Don't they (=anyone like Apple, not precisely entourage) want to make some profit and take some $$ from me?
So I do understand. But I also want to prod entourage to find some easy even if temporary solutions to introduce eDGe worldwide. And not only me, myself, and I
eDGe is already available in some online European shops, even though the price is ridiculous...
E-books from entourage store won't be limited to USA & Canada after September or so I was told.
We'll see what esle can be done just buy discussing the logistics and organisation of bits and pieces.