Author Topic: Looks like Wild Bill is on the ropes (Read 1233 times)

Max · « **on:** December 23, 2003, 11:49:17 AM »

Opened my e-mail today to find spam from IEN, saying there's a new flat rate pricing plan for unlimited play....$16 LESS a month than current unlimted customers now pay. The new offer applies only to new customers, and those with inactive accounts 60+ days.

Looks like a most of Wild Bill's group will be over our way soon...for 60 days anyway

DmdMax
The Damned

Cooley · « **Reply #1 on:** December 23, 2003, 12:19:03 PM »

Was a great game, too bad idiotic business decisions ruined it, we have picked up 5 guys from WB in squad in just the last few weeks, I think our squad actually has more WBers then IEN now

Wanker · « **Reply #2 on:** December 23, 2003, 12:21:22 PM »

Actually, Max, I think it's a smart move.

They offer all the iEN games for one low price, which is cheaper than AH.

They already explained why they can't offer the cheaper rate to the existing customers. If they did that, the immediate drop in revenue by giving everyone an immediate price cut would bankrupt them.

They are tying to lure new customers to iEN with the low pricing. Then, when they have built of their coffers, they will be able to transition their existing customers to the new, lower price.

In the meantime, they are offering their existing customers some access to closed betas that the new customers won't have access to.

Here's the thread that explains all.

http://agw.warbirdsiii.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28096

Stringer · « **Reply #3 on:** December 23, 2003, 12:30:50 PM »

Given what you just explained, banana, it's his only move. Smart has nothing to do with it.

He admits he cannot lower his price to the existing customer base because the revenue drop would sink him. So already he's operating on a very thin thread.

His only option is to get new customers....something that he has been unable to do for the last 2 years or so.

The price game is his only, last move.

helllo · « **Reply #4 on:** December 23, 2003, 12:41:05 PM »

It might kill you but Wildbill is flying the arenas now. When he first started he got and ear full about the price. The Dev team has been on him about it for a long time. But it took going online to get the message thru.

He joined 4th FG hehe....pony dweebs

Don't count your players before they come.

Mini D · « **Reply #5 on:** December 23, 2003, 12:46:17 PM »

So how well did those giving him an earfull take it when he told them the new price wasn't available to them?

Arlo · « **Reply #6 on:** December 23, 2003, 12:55:15 PM »

They all quit. Then they signed back up under a new account.

DoctorYO · « **Reply #7 on:** December 23, 2003, 12:59:39 PM »

If some company did business with me in the manner you have described I would cease doing business with them... (Welcome to free enterprise)

reward the new guy.. and screw the people who have supported your company is asinine..

then again "the world needs ditch diggers too.."

Im glad to see todays business mind so inept. Makes me feel higher on the cognative scale thru their baffoonery.

I dont wish starving or anything like that, but this in my opinon is one of the poorest business decisions ive seen in a long time..

Who knows it may work... I was outbid on Ebay the other day by someone bidding higher than the BUY NOW price wtf..... So I guess a sucker is born every minute theory proves itself again..

Long time IEN customers cut your losses now and get off the sinking ship..

DoctorYo

Roscoroo · « **Reply #8 on:** December 23, 2003, 02:08:19 PM »

now watch every one that closed and opened a new account will get double"wild" Billed for the next 6 months ... good luck WB guys ..

P,s. id keep a close check on ur bank balances ..

Kekule · « **Reply #9 on:** December 23, 2003, 02:27:46 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by DoctorYO
If some company did business with me in the manner you have described I would cease doing business with them... (Welcome to free enterprise)

HT implimented a price drop for "lost" customers and a few other similar actions, only it wasn't announced publicly by the company.

I trust you will honor your word and cancel your AH account, then?

Reschke · « **Reply #10 on:** December 23, 2003, 02:55:25 PM »

246mb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! download!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy jimminy crickets.........That's frigging huge! Even for me on my current ADSL connection that pulls in a 10MB download in just under 5-7 minutes that will take all blasted day.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #11 on:** December 23, 2003, 02:59:17 PM »

I really have no idea about so called secret price deals when Htc changed its pricing to 14.95 besides the 6 month deal or the affiliate break for getting new players to sign up ..

I didnt see any secret beta stuff deals or any of that .

All they did was advertise that the price was lowered and everyone got the same deal ...

I believe I got the same Emails as everyone else did back then .

hitech · « **Reply #12 on:** December 23, 2003, 02:59:49 PM »

Kekule: I did? Thats news to me. The only priceing thing we have ever done is to send out some random offers to find out what the price point should be.

HiTech

Swoop · « **Reply #13 on:** December 23, 2003, 03:04:05 PM »

Yup, he did. I know, I got three of them myself.

Westy · « **Reply #14 on:** December 23, 2003, 03:08:14 PM »

He's got ya there Kekule

What iEN has done is UNIVERSALLY offered ALL NEW customers a dramatically lower flat rate right in the face of thier ENTIRE existing customer base.

It's not the same as what HTC did by any stretch of the imagination.

Regardless.

Does WB-III have the KI-67 yet.... ? No? Then talk to the hand....