Aces High $19.95 Special Offer

[snafu]

Hi all,
I did consider doing a walks in picks his nose shakes his head and walks out again mumbling post but two things caught my eye in the lead post of this thread, (Yes I know it's a long way back up there so here they are.....)  

 

Originally posted by Badger:
1). As part of this effort we have developed a limited time offer for you to join our game online.  We've made arrangements for you to join the ranks of massively multiplayer flying for only $19.95 per month, unlimited months, unlimited flying until you delete this account.
2). With the upcoming release of 1.05, you'll get to take part in the best naval action available online, complete with player-controlled fleets, carrier planes, shore bombardment, and PT boats.

1), Dont forget children shares can go down as well as up (When it finally bottoms out @ $9.99 will they all have to lose the ID's to get away from $19.95?

2). Player Controlled, Wehey  


TTFN
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[SKurj]

Hows about offering a reduced rate for students!!!
I am attending college and earning $80 a week!! of which 50 a month goes to HTC!!  If i'd waited 2 weeks to sign up perhaps i'd have recieved one of these cheap offers +(


SKurj

[ezdoc]

I got to thinking about this pricing thing, and low and behold it looks like the Al Gore tax plan!  

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48th Fighter Group "Checkertails"

[Camel]

I hope "if and when" a thread that announces the new lower price, will generate as many posts
 

[Gadfly]

Holy toejam!  I thought Al Gore was way overmodeled, but I didn't know that HTC were doing the coding.

[NHMadmax]

I pay £21.16 a month and as far as it goes for me that is cheap. up and till to day i have been paying a 1P a minute and £9.99 a month which work out for me no game just internet use between £40 and £60 pound a month and this month was the highest month ending 26/10/00 £115 pound and now thank god I am on fixed rate of £15 a month and for £21.16. Total of £36.16 I can play on a great game. HTC if you can give me it cheap please do if not then please don't charge any more. Unless you really have to becuse I think this is a great game. So keep up the hard work and offer us the best deal you can. And for all those who pay the full price like I do think about it and if you dont think its worth it them go and play somthing else or save your money. ONE VERY HAPPY CUSTOMER FROM ENGLAND HTC KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

ps give it us cheap if you can if not you will not lose my vote.

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[easymo]

 I've been flying for free for some time. I play H2H a lot. I may be a pain in the bellybutton some times, but im not an ungrateful pain in the ass. These posts implying that HT is greedy, are a crock.

[sax]

HT, give all the complainers the $19.95 a month thing and leave your supporters at $29.95. Everyones  
sax

[Snoopi]

We interupt or regular programming.....

Someone mentioned "Consultants"
and it made me think of a joke I read....

"A shepherd is looking after his flock on the edge of a deserted road.
Suddenly a brand new BMW screeches to a halt next to him.

The driver, a young man dressed in a Brioni suit, Cerrutti shoes, Ray-Ban glasses,
and a YSL tie gets out and proposes to the shepherd, "If I guess how many sheep you have, will you give me one of them?"
The shepherd looks at the young man, then looks at the sheep grazing and says
"All right."

The young man parks the car, connects his Toshiba notebook and cellular modem,
enters a NASA site, scans the ground using his GPS, opens a data base and 60
Excel tables filled with algorithms, then prints a 150-page report on his
high-tech mini-printer.

He then turns to the shepherd and says "You have exactly 1586 sheep."
The shepherd answers "That's correct; you can take your sheep." The
young man takes a nearby beast and puts it in the back of his BMW.

The shepherd looks at him and asks "If I guess your profession, will you return
my animal to me?"
The young man answers "Yes, why not."

The shepherd says, "You are a consultant".
"How did you know?" asks the young man.

"Very simple," answers the shepherd.

"First, you come here without being called. Second, you charge me a sheep to tell me something I already knew.
Third, you do not understand anything about what I do.

"So now please give me back my dog."

....And now back to our regularly scheduled, but always changing, "squeak" thread.

Be sure to tune into "The Zeke is TOO Uber" thread next month !

P.S. what is WITH this version of UBB ?


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[DKHawkee]

  I received one of there Survey Offers in email the other day. I hate to say it but even at 19.95/mth I won't return to Aces High. heck, not sure if I would return at 5.99/mth. I did my 2 weeks trial, wasn't for me. Plane modeling .. great, Grahics ... great, Overall Simulation ... good. But I can't realistically be immerssed into a so-called simulation of WW2 Combat that does not have historical countries.

[Westy]

 It is a sim for WWII aircombat. What it is not is a sim OF WWII.

   -Westy

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[Razor]

Hey all!! Yes its true, I've finally decided to play AH online and pay the 30.00 a month. I started flying in AW and was hooked instantly. But soon AW became ho-hum and I went in search of a real sim, not an arcade type bang-bang yank and crank no-skills needed game. What I found was AH, thanks to my bud Lizard3. I played offline for a bit but couldn't wait to go online. But alas, I balked at the thought of paying triple what I was paying for that 'other' game. When I did decide to get an account I figured a buck a day wasn't bad. Now that I've been online for over a week I must say this is the BEST sim out there. Period. Having said all that.....I must say this...I think the idea that HTC has for marketing is GREAT! More players means more targets as someone said. I agreed to pay 29.95 when I signed up and never once did I expect it to go down. I do however expect to see continuing improvements to the game and by keeping the game priced around 20 bucks or higher you keep out some of the rif-raf. I'm hoping some of my old squad mates from AW come over now. So what if they get a discount, if I couldn't have afforded the 29.95 a month I would not have signed up in the first place. So...bring on the newbies and to HTC I wish continuing success,this game rocks! And to those who don't like the idea....here, have some cheese  

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[Beegerite]

RAM;
To add insult to injury please check around with other Europeans because a forger squad mate from FA2 who lives in Germany told me that his offer is for US$ 14.95 not US$ 19.95  Maybe the offer is cheaper for Europeans unless my squaddie needs glasses?
Rgds
Beeg

P.S. Pendejos Ingratos!!!

 

Originally posted by RAM:
My .02$ here.

Maybe the only thing where Renfield and me agree, but for sure I dont think that this is fair. I understand that HTC wants to do a survey to see if they can get more people with 19.95$, and if it is worth the price disminution.

But I have problems to pay my monthly 29.95$ (I still havent payed this month so far, as I still lack 0.5$ to get the needed money...yes, yes .5$)...and to see newbie people with 19.95$/month forever because this ,is more than annoying, is sad for me.

 I have troubles to pay this ammount of cash each month, but never whined about the price. It is (was) the same for all,it was fair.  

Now there will be people paying 33% less than me forever if the experiment doesnt go well. And I can't stand that idea.

Euro depreciation against Dollar has made the price of AH for me inflate by some 30-40% since I first came here (my first payement to HTC was 4500ptas. now it is roughly 6000).
And now I aknowledge that there is an offer like this. I am paying 6000pesetas/month for this! and there is people flying for 4000? And not only that, but they will pay THAT as long as they keep their account open!?

Sorry,I can understand a survey like "would you join if we lower the price?", or even "if you do this survey you will pay 6 months at reduced price" but no a "I will lower your price forever if you do it now".

Is my humble opinion that, unaware, you have done a bad thing towards AH's community. I know nothing of business. yeah, right, nothing. But I know how do I feel now, and what will I feel when I put the money in the bank to pay an ammount of money that there are people not paying. And that I will have to pay forever if the experiment doesnt go well, while they will keep on paying reduced price.

I don't feel insulted, but I feel depreciated. And I'm not the worse case. I think in people who is paying the 30% of his monthly income (as some people has stated several times) to fly AH. How will they feel?!.

Well...I'd better go and collect .5$ to put in the bank and pay my 29.95...I am one week late for this month's paying    

 

 

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[rudedawg]

 
well first i would like to say that i love and am completely addicted to AH and i pay the price i have always paid and have never thought about it changing.  but while i think promotions are definitely a good ideda there r always ways to include everyone or limit the amount of favor you show to new customers, so as to not jade your faithful long term customers.  i could really care less if you lower the price or offer a "deal"
some times as long as the "deal" is fair to all or the lower price is open to all.  $10  
or $30 i don't care as long as it is same for all.  we all love the game (maybe not eachothere) but i think we can all agree that
fairness is the biggest issue not price

                        Rudedawg,

ps "this is just my opinion and i could be wrong"

[eye]

Keep the thred rolling.

I just read this 253 post thread and to me it seems as if a revolt has started.

It seems there is no other option but to lower monthly rates.

With each post here we get closer to saveing ourselves some money.

keep the posts rolling in

EYE