I just received the email listing the planned prices for the new dictionaries coming with PlecoDict. Here is the list for any of you who may not have seen that mailing:
ABC Comprehensive C-E + NWP E-C Bundle: $119.95
ABC Comprehensive C-E: $99.95
ABC Concise C-E & NWP E-C Bundle: $79.95
Oxford Concise C-E&E-C: $59.95
ABC Concise C-E: $59.95
NWP E-C: $49.95
Software only: $29.95
Stripped-down Oxford C-E&E-C: $24.95
Even with a 20 USD discount for those of us who have already purchased the Oxford dictionary, these prices to me seem terribly expensive. To get both C-E and E-C dictionaries woudl cost me 100 USD. SOme of us may not have paid much more than that for our PDA in the first place! When you add on the cost of a memory card which is essential, the product gets very expensive indeed.
Furthermore, many of us live in China where we can purchase very good printed dictionaries for 10 or 20 dollars.
Obviously, we want a more comprehensive dictionary than the pocket Oxford which often does not have the words we need, and we are of course prepared to pay for a better dictionary, but the prices suggested here seem, to me at least, to be way too high.
What do the rest of you think?
ABC Comprehensive C-E + NWP E-C Bundle: $119.95
ABC Comprehensive C-E: $99.95
ABC Concise C-E & NWP E-C Bundle: $79.95
Oxford Concise C-E&E-C: $59.95
ABC Concise C-E: $59.95
NWP E-C: $49.95
Software only: $29.95
Stripped-down Oxford C-E&E-C: $24.95
Even with a 20 USD discount for those of us who have already purchased the Oxford dictionary, these prices to me seem terribly expensive. To get both C-E and E-C dictionaries woudl cost me 100 USD. SOme of us may not have paid much more than that for our PDA in the first place! When you add on the cost of a memory card which is essential, the product gets very expensive indeed.
Furthermore, many of us live in China where we can purchase very good printed dictionaries for 10 or 20 dollars.
Obviously, we want a more comprehensive dictionary than the pocket Oxford which often does not have the words we need, and we are of course prepared to pay for a better dictionary, but the prices suggested here seem, to me at least, to be way too high.
What do the rest of you think?