> Package a) a sole device USD 499,
> Package b) the device and a 24 Month contract USD 99 + 24 x 20
Or the common package C) box is part of the service
and "rented". Cable
boxes especially encoded ones are that case here (usa).
Well, not in Germany - if you rent out eq, your customer recives
the RIGHT to get a working unit and so on ... and you are caught
as long as the contract is running - while when selling, the
you 'only' have to do the usual warenty... That's why almost
all of this kind is done by selling with en enclosed subscription
(like iOpener).
Gruss
H.
--
VCF Europa am 29./30. April 2000 in Muenchen
http://www.vintage.org/vcfe
http://www.homecomputer.de/vcfe