Classic British Flight Sim

Good afternoon gents, I haven't posted here for a long time, I've been content just to "lurk and learn".

There's been an interesting development for those of us who use payware addons. PMDG have changed the prices of their products from US Dollars to Euros, but have not adjusted the prices to take into account the exchange rates. The 747-400 from PMDG has been 54.95 US Dollars since its release in 2005. It is now 54.95 Euros. This means a 35% price rise for all PMDG products! This change has not been announced or highlighted on their website, and to all intents and purposes has come in under the radar.

Any posts regarding this are being deleted in their support forum and PMDG members are showing an astonishing level of arrogance towards their customers.

I would advise anyone with an interest in this matter to head over the FS9 forum at Avsim and add their voice to the growing number of very angry customers.

Cheers,

Nick

Well I guess we all have the right 'not to buy', they will then have to have a 'sale' I think the dollar pricing was a move to attract US based customers who would not buy in 'toytown' currencies a few years ago.

Pielstick wrote:
Any posts regarding this are being deleted in their support forum and PMDG members are showing an astonishing level of arrogance towards their customers.

Hmm, that technique is becoming more and more common sad to say. Especially when the only form of comms with many such firms is via their Forum.

I could name names........

Corprorate Greed and Arrogance Rule OK........ :sad:

hi this has been discussed on the airlinerxp forum. see this thread

http://www.airlinerxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=360

i always thought they were a brilliant company till now. They just lost a customer

Well this thread led me to here:-

http://www.airliner-xp.com/a320home.html

and I was fascinated to read every word of the small print...I find it very exciting and I can feel a bout of airline flying coming on when this machine is released :dance:

Indeed, it looks really good.

What a wizard wheeze. I think I'll start charging for my work in pounds sterling instead of Euros. Perfectly justifiable, I am English after all.
Thanks for the idea PMDG, sorry I won't be buying your 747-400. It was starting to look affordable but it just got too expensive again. :tuttut:

That Airliner XP A320 does sound good. I was looking for an Airbus recently but couldn't find anything to match the best of the Boeings. :sad:

Jon

If this is the case I will stick with my LevelD 767 which I love and forget 'upgrading' to the 'Queen of the Skies'.I will keep an eye on what happens.EricT

I'm glad I won my copy of the PMDG 747 at IFC Denver!

Thanks for that link, Peter. It looks as if AirlinerXP have a genuinely innovative and exciting product in the pipeline.

[Less happy to hear about PMDG's change of pricing policy. I don't think I'll be troubling their cashier.]

Andrew