$22 for a beta screensaver?!

07-21-2002, 01:59 PM

I really love this program but I have a really hard time spending $22 for one screensaver. I realize you get the "program" too but it's not like you can do anything with it like some of the other aquarium programs, like feed the fish or interact with them in any way. Not to mention it's still in beta, talk about highway robbery. "Here, please test our product for us and in return you'll need to pay us $22. Sure, it could mess up your system, but let us know what you think....." The $12.95 number was much more reasonable but I guess the first 1000 are gone because I see no where to order it for that price. Just my .02!

Tiny Turtle · 07-21-2002, 02:52 PM

Guess there are a few of us enjoying the idea of being robbed here on the side of the highway...

/Tiny Robbery

feldon34 · 07-21-2002, 02:55 PM

There are 5-6 bugs that have been listed, only one of them serious. They all have workarounds and an updated version will be out shortly to deal with them.

I think you will have a find time finding any other Aquarium screen saver out there that looks 1/10th as good as this one.

Other screen savers may allow you to feed the fish, but the developer(s) spent all their time programming that. Jim Sachs spent all his time getting the realism.

Jim Sachs · 07-21-2002, 10:16 PM

Yes, the first 1000 went very quickly, and the price reverted to the normal $21.95, just like the PC version. Mac sales did not decrease after the normal price was adopted.

Price-point is always a hotly debated subject, but it seems obvious that as long as sales are strong, there's no reason to decrease the price.

I really like the latest Aston-Martin. It's $250,000. I don't complain about the price, in fact I wish them well. I just won't be buying one.

Tiny Turtle · 07-22-2002, 07:32 AM

Interesting thing to mention Aston-Martin and price-point in the same sentence. Those English chaps sure make (insanely) fine automobiles, but they're not overly interested in making enough money to end up with any profit...

/Tiny Profit

Socrates · 07-22-2002, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by Unregistered
I really love this program but I have a really hard time spending $22 for one screensaver. I realize you get the "program" too but it's not like you can do anything with it like some of the other aquarium programs, like feed the fish or interact with them in any way. Not to mention it's still in beta, talk about highway robbery. "Here, please test our product for us and in return you'll need to pay us $22. Sure, it could mess up your system, but let us know what you think....." The $12.95 number was much more reasonable but I guess the first 1000 are gone because I see no where to order it for that price. Just my .02!

Well. I guess you could just wait for 1.1

07-21-2002, 01:59 PM	#1
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	$22 for a beta screensaver?! I really love this program but I have a really hard time spending $22 for one screensaver. I realize you get the "program" too but it's not like you can do anything with it like some of the other aquarium programs, like feed the fish or interact with them in any way. Not to mention it's still in beta, talk about highway robbery. "Here, please test our product for us and in return you'll need to pay us $22. Sure, it could mess up your system, but let us know what you think....." The $12.95 number was much more reasonable but I guess the first 1000 are gone because I see no where to order it for that price. Just my .02!

07-21-2002, 02:52 PM	#2
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Guess there are a few of us enjoying the idea of being robbed here on the side of the highway... /Tiny Robbery Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

07-21-2002, 02:55 PM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	There are 5-6 bugs that have been listed, only one of them serious. They all have workarounds and an updated version will be out shortly to deal with them. I think you will have a find time finding any other Aquarium screen saver out there that looks 1/10th as good as this one. Other screen savers may allow you to feed the fish, but the developer(s) spent all their time programming that. Jim Sachs spent all his time getting the realism. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman Last edited by feldon34; 07-21-2002 at 05:25 PM.

07-21-2002, 10:16 PM	#4
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	Yes, the first 1000 went very quickly, and the price reverted to the normal $21.95, just like the PC version. Mac sales did not decrease after the normal price was adopted. Price-point is always a hotly debated subject, but it seems obvious that as long as sales are strong, there's no reason to decrease the price. I really like the latest Aston-Martin. It's $250,000. I don't complain about the price, in fact I wish them well. I just won't be buying one. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

07-22-2002, 07:32 AM	#5
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Interesting thing to mention Aston-Martin and price-point in the same sentence. Those English chaps sure make (insanely) fine automobiles, but they're not overly interested in making enough money to end up with any profit... /Tiny Profit Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

07-22-2002, 01:15 PM	#6
Socrates Sage Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 1,529	Re: $22 for a beta screensaver?! Originally posted by Unregistered I really love this program but I have a really hard time spending $22 for one screensaver. I realize you get the "program" too but it's not like you can do anything with it like some of the other aquarium programs, like feed the fish or interact with them in any way. Not to mention it's still in beta, talk about highway robbery. "Here, please test our product for us and in return you'll need to pay us $22. Sure, it could mess up your system, but let us know what you think....." The $12.95 number was much more reasonable but I guess the first 1000 are gone because I see no where to order it for that price. Just my .02! Well. I guess you could just wait for 1.1 Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!