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vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:39 pm

tell me about it, houmous up from 80p to 1.20

it's an outrage!

Lbdunequest · Post by **Lbdunequest** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:45 pm

m-ac wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:21 pm
Lbdunequest wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:38 am Besides VPS avenger what other developers have announced price increase?
Where was this announced and what did they say?

In their facebook group

dionenoid · Post by **dionenoid** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:12 pm

m-ac wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:21 pm
Lbdunequest wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:38 am Besides VPS avenger what other developers have announced price increase?
Where was this announced and what did they say?

From their FB group, posted by Manuel :

Due to the worldwide inflation and increase of prices, we are also forced to raise the prices for our products for a few % (after the current sale ends) My advice is to quickly buy now, because at the moment we have the 20% spring discount sale running until May. The Prices wont get that low anytime soon again.

dionenoid · Post by **dionenoid** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:16 pm

vurt wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:39 pm tell me about it, houmous up from 80p to 1.20 it's an outrage!

Festival consumption tokens (here in NL) before Covid : 2,50 to 3,00 Euro. Now : 3,50 to 4,00 Euro.

rezoneight · Post by **rezoneight** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:20 pm

Yeah loving how I got my first real worthy raise in pay in like a decade and once again it has basically disappeared due to inflation. Good times.

m-ac · Post by **m-ac** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:31 pm

dionenoid wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:12 pm
m-ac wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:21 pm
Lbdunequest wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:38 am Besides VPS avenger what other developers have announced price increase?
Where was this announced and what did they say?
From their FB group, posted by Manuel :

Due to the worldwide inflation and increase of prices, we are also forced to raise the prices for our products for a few % (after the current sale ends) My advice is to quickly buy now, because at the moment we have the 20% spring discount sale running until May. The Prices wont get that low anytime soon again.

Cheers man. Well yeah, I guess all the raw materials like aluminium, rosewood, and silicon chipsets that avengers built with don't come cheap, and not to mention the logistics and shipping costs....totally understandable

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:41 pm

m-ac wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:31 pm Cheers man. Well yeah, I guess all the raw materials like aluminium, rosewood, and silicon chipsets that avengers built with don't come cheap, and not to mention the logistics and shipping costs....totally understandable

Yeah, I get that cost of living increases impact everyone when inflation rises, including developers, but there's also no cost to manufacture or distribute software. Not quite sure how to feel about something like that. A small increase could also hurt sales and decrease revenue. There's got to be a reason why so much software is constantly on sale at deep discounts: it makes big bucks.

Will be interesting to see if other developers follow suit and what the overall impact will be.

LFO8 · Post by **LFO8** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 3:04 pm

rezoneight wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:20 pm Yeah loving how I got my first real worthy raise in pay in like a decade and once again it has basically disappeared due to inflation. Good times.

I hear ya.. same

concon · Post by **concon** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:02 pm

Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:41 pm
m-ac wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:31 pm Yeah, I get that cost of living increases impact everyone when inflation rises, including developers, but there's also no cost to manufacture or distribute software. Not quite sure how to feel about something like that. A small increase could also hurt sales and decrease revenue. There's got to be a reason why so much software is constantly on sale at deep discounts: it makes big bucks.
This is a good point. Granted, some overhead office costs will rise for software developers, but the costs for physical production just aren't there. I don't see why the software business should be as much impacted by inflation as are businesses dealing with physical products.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:20 pm

luxury items.
don't buy if you don't need and don't like the price.
when no one is happy to pay the increased price, then it will return to the old. unless of course, enough people are happy to pay it...

we've all got too much stuff as it is anyway. i know i have

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:28 pm

Everyone's a liberal when the menu comes, and a conservative when the bill comes.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:34 pm

vurt wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:20 pm luxury items.
don't buy if you don't need and don't like the price.
when no one is happy to pay the increased price, then it will return to the old. unless of course, enough people are happy to pay it...

If only people would think like that.

Also in regards of used gear prices. I see stuff on sale on Ebay, see the prices, and I'm like

that people buy for such prices.

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:41 pm

Imagine if we all figured out we didn’t actually need any new stuff.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:43 pm

yul wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 12:44 pm
DJ Warmonger wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 12:30 pm Don't spin the inflation spiral!
Exactly do not convince yourself to accept higher prices. Change your habits and behaviour. Learn to do more with less.

Yep, it's a great time to change habits.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:49 pm

noiseboyuk wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:41 pm Imagine if we all figured out we didn’t actually need any new stuff.

some of us will be forced in to the realization in the coming years

Prices set to increase ?