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From: Mr Angell

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186066.41 in reply to 186066.36
Date: 6/1/2011 1:57:06 PM
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No, my arguement still stands. Your argument is still based on supply and demand, not what an individual earns.. Please read what I said correctly before you try and flame me.

Regardless, if I have to pay $40 for supporter, and someone who lives in a desert/on a glacier/or even in feckin space only has to pay $20 and gets the exact same things I do, I'm not gonna be paying, and like I said before, I'm sure alot of other people feel the same whether they publicly say it or not.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I cant accept not trying. - MJ
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186066.42 in reply to 186066.40
Date: 6/1/2011 2:04:10 PM
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Very interesting but.. I'm not economist

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186066.44 in reply to 186066.42
Date: 6/1/2011 2:12:18 PM
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Me neither, but this comes up a lot in antitrust law This is basically what everyone is suggesting - perfect price discrimination would get everyone to buy supporter and allow the BBs to maximize their profits. Sadly, not as easy as it sounds.

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186066.45 in reply to 186066.44
Date: 6/1/2011 2:17:51 PM
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but different prices as different market are quite usual, because there is not a small line betwen a user from Nigeria and USA in terms of buying powers.

Also i am not sure if it really price descrimination, because the BB (might) be affected of it, through ad also and have different income from ads in different market which correlates with the buying power of the markets.

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186066.46 in reply to 186066.44
Date: 6/1/2011 2:24:10 PM
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I haven't expected positive results after my proposal. Money are more important for BBs...

Last edited by GM-Armin at 6/1/2011 3:42:51 PM

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186066.47 in reply to 186066.45
Date: 6/1/2011 2:36:52 PM
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I'm not disagreeing with you - I didn't mean that it's a bad thing, just that it's more difficult to segment the market in a profitable way than you'd think. Right now, the BBs may be losing money on people who would otherwise be willing to buy supporter if it were cheaper, but you wouldn't want to take that too far in the other direction and lose money by charging people less than what they're willing to pay. Anyway... I'm a lawyer, not an economist. Just figured I'd throw it out there.

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186066.48 in reply to 186066.47
Date: 6/1/2011 4:25:22 PM
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That´s the very direction I´m coming from.

Impletment a system which balances itself, and maybe even limit accessability about the offers in different regions by making them IP filtered. You minimize the option of overthrowing with stubborn users then.

Actually, the guy above mentioning the "if someone somewhere else gets the same thing for a lower price i would stop buying it" is extremely inconsequent. Else he´d be dead by now, because EVERYTHING he consumes, eats and uses is cheaper somewhere in the world.

Zwei Dinge sind unendlich, die Dummheit und das All...
From: Marot

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186066.49 in reply to 186066.1
Date: 6/1/2011 4:27:32 PM
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I think that lower price of supporter can make it more popular within the countries with lower level of income then in US or EU. And then - because of more customers proffit wil rise
And - there will be great - if BB supports more money transfer systems. such as Yandex.Money or webmoney. They're more popular in ex-USSR? then PayPal



I support this idea only if Spain is in the group of PIGS and we pay less xD ;)




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186066.50 in reply to 186066.48
Date: 6/1/2011 4:49:56 PM
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Its slightly different when you consider the fact that I cant physically buy something in a different country without travelling there, therefor, it becomes more expensive... We pay for this online... ANYONE can buy it from ANY country, no extra cost for importing it or exporting it, no delivery cost, absolutely nothing...

Broaden your intellectual thicket, then argue, till then, hush!

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I cant accept not trying. - MJ
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186066.51 in reply to 186066.50
Date: 6/1/2011 5:37:30 PM
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That´s not what you´ve written though.

In a desert, water has another price and value than in the sea. You cannot leave out the buyer in the equation. The value for the buyer depends on his situation. Supply and demand obviously recognizes that.

The demand in -most- countries for the supplied goods at this price is almost none. So in those markets, price and value are in a disbalance. That´s quite easy economics which is quite valid even in the globalized internet concept.

And concerning your transportation and stuff thingy: plenty things you consume might be cheaper for you if you buy them over the internet from far away even if you add transportation cost et al. That´s for example the concept of the re-imported cars industry.

Zwei Dinge sind unendlich, die Dummheit und das All...
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