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dalore · 2011-02-05 13:29:13+00:00

What if they were sold as a package deal?

ClumsyPilot | karma 18478 | avg karma 2.3 · | 2023-05-17 12:33:27

its a package deal

raxxorraxor | karma 2871 | avg karma 1.19 · | 2023-08-30 02:36:12

They seem to mostly sell that as a package.

abraham | karma 16799 | avg karma 8.27 · | 2011-08-15 19:01:30+00:00

I see the package deal being a rental offer so you can still have your rental market.

rowanG077 | karma 2770 | avg karma 0.92 · | 2022-11-18 12:17:21

I would never expect them to do that without vendoring the package. Which mitigates that risk.

snarfy | karma 6644 | avg karma 3.15 · | 2018-02-28 20:32:37+00:00

The package deals are for multiple years. The package is only cheaper for the first year.

TeMPOraL | karma 106045 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2015-05-11 14:50:13+00:00

Probably not, because bundling crap is what allows vendors to reduce prices.

HumanOstrich | karma 214 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2024-05-04 20:29:35

No thanks. Avoiding those hypothetical future packages is a better tradeoff.

yjftsjthsd-h | karma 28510 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2020-09-26 02:37:54+00:00

Just in that there's a package already?

joubert | karma 10679 | avg karma 4.3 · | 2010-06-11 21:36:30+00:00

Can package up and sell to enterprises.

qeorge | karma 4895 | avg karma 4.07 · | 2013-07-18 17:36:24+00:00

Chris Dixon has a great post about this phenomenon:

http://cdixon.org/2012/07/08/how-bundling-benefits-sellers-a...

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CoolGuySteve | karma 9432 | avg karma 7.26 · | 2020-12-16 22:19:09

That's great but what about all the other packages?

avoidwork | karma 65 | avg karma 0.68 · | 2017-08-05 00:00:05+00:00

there is a company behind the package; i'm sure they'd take your money.

overcast | karma 8759 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2016-08-01 19:04:57+00:00

You couldn't get those combo packages without a merger?

danabramov | karma 7243 | avg karma 6.18 · | 2016-07-24 21:41:46+00:00

Yep, it’s called a “package”. ;-)

AnIdiotOnTheNet | karma 21390 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2021-08-26 15:58:25

Why would you bundle them at all?

taubek | karma 13684 | avg karma 6.02 · | 2023-02-13 13:24:13

They probably want to sell you the highest possible package.

cryptarch | karma 1001 | avg karma 2.1 · | 2016-12-23 13:34:50+00:00

They could do both? Offer the separate parts in an easy-to-use way, and have the bundle re-use those parts.

nextos | karma 10746 | avg karma 3.92 · | 2015-04-20 15:38:41

I agree, but I see them as a patch to get something that could be more cleanly achieved with a transactional packaging system.

neogodless | karma 9679 | avg karma 3.63 · | 2022-10-08 11:47:46

Packages can be a win-win, particularly if they are optional.

If you want more than one thing, and paying for both together in a package saves you money, or is a worthwhile convenience for the price, it's a win-win.

If you don't want all the things in a package, and the price is more than you'd pay for the things you want, it's not a win for the consumer.

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