Thread: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's SuperEZ!!
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Old 03-23-2010, 07:54 PM   #15
Robertb
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Originally Posted by rleguillow View Post
Dear Robertb,
You say your PM likes to keep things undercover and you like to tease folks with the thrill of what is coming. Here's my thought on that.

I did not want to settle for a 5" screen, so the PP was out. I had a nasty feeling that if I bought the current EZReader to get a 6" screen, I'd always have that little "but I could have gotten a [faster, brighter, clearer, more whatever] one instead of this". Not having any idea that SuperEZ was about to be sprung on us, my response to this dilemma was to look at other manufacturer's products.

Now, in some ways, I can understand your PM not wanting to let the cat out of the bag. After all, you have competition, and they may be reading this site as avidly as we consumers do. Can't be giving away all your good ideas, can you?

But I'm sure the PM doesn't want to be losing sales to the competition. So a sneak peek of what is in the works might keep a potential customer on the hook.

My opinion. But here I am, One Potential Customer, nicely hooked and willing to wait. Chalk one up to your little announcement, and pat yourself on the back.
Dear rleguillow:

You and I think alike. I feel that leaking a very small amount of info can help people remotely thinking of an Astak to wait. I see nothing wrong with little tidbits of info.

The PM thinks that we should shut up and wait until we have release. His worry is justified... people will aways press for more info and he does not want to disappoint. Factories have a habit of making a chnage or changes at the last second. If I say "it will likely have XYZ on it"... that becomes "you can bet that it will have XYZ with no doubt".

BUT... if you say nothing and just wait people will drift away from the forum thinking "nothing new is happening". It is a realistic problem. The point is that a forum should be WHERE we can discuss new ideas and hope to incorporate them. If there is no discussion then there are bored members. Yet... if I give too much info they could ban me from the forum or a factory could simply cancel us. Then we all lose.

Thank you!!
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