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Originally Posted by extrashaky
This is probably why they refuse to discuss expected price ranges for products in development, the fear that if people actually know what they're planning to charge, too many people will lose interest and stop following their development thread.
It's an old, well-established tactic for door-to-door vacuum cleaner or encyclopedia salesmen. The longer the salesman can keep the mark engaged, the more time and enthusiasm she has invested. The more time and emotional investment she makes, the less likely she is to say no when the final price is revealed.
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Pretty low blow to compare us to door-to-door vacuum salespeople.
When you don't have everything finalized for a product, it's unwise to even ballpark at pricing beyond what we've said - we will be market competitive. The right way to do it is wait til the product is ready to be announced with all final specs and options, then announce availability date and pricing at the same time. Look at all major product releases - cars, iPhones, etc - you might get snippets of information, but pricing comes virtually at the point they're available for purchase, because that's when it's finalized. It's not sneaky, it's good business.