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jeffk3510 -> RE: AE's price (7/13/2009 5:55:04 AM)
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ORIGINAL: m10bob
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ORIGINAL: Panjack
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ORIGINAL: flipperwasirish
Go to law school and you will learn it is without a doubt legal.
I haven't gone to law school. But I disagree that is obviously legal if only because federal anti-trust law makes some types of tying contracts illegal. Perhaps the Sherman and Clayton Acts are not relevant to this particular situation, but if they are and Matrix Games gets hauled into court that might be the end of Matrix Games.
If I was them I'd consult with a good lawyer before following their proposed pricing scheme.
While serving in Germany for the U.S.Army, one of the fellas I served with, (in another platoon) was visited by his well off parents.
They asked "Eddie"(not his real name) what he would like before they went back home.
"Eddie" said he wanted a Matra Simca, 3 seater, low slung sports coupe.
With nary a hesitation, the purchase was made that same morning.
The parents left and for about a week "Eddie" raced the environs of Frankfurt am Main, always with 2 scantily clad babes on his lap and in the passenger seats.
Well, at the end of the week, "Eddie" was brought back to the Kaserne in a green and white Polizei Opel, as he had married his expensive Matra Simca to the lower portion of a rocky soil adjacent to the river Main.
His passengers were hospitalized.
See, he could BUY the car, but he could not DRIVE the car.
He knew better, or you would think so.
Hell, the guy was serving as a Military Policeman, so he knew what the rules were for the road, but he just did not think they really applied to HIM, and his expensive machine.
For the sake of argument, let us suppose that Matrix knew the AE project was going to be so involved, that in order to avoid the demands for merchandise returns, they intended to sell it only to those persons who were already familiar with the WITP engine, and had already invested the time to learn the BASICS.
Matrix is a commercial entity in an already selectively burgeoned market, and the current economy only makes their gamble more pronounced.
With NO like firm in the market, when they go, we are screwed.
Apparently, you do not understand that many of us on this forum have high posting numbers, which reflect a quantum of *contribution* to this game.
The entire AE team is made up of fellow forumites who have been around since Diogenes was looking for matches.(You get the idea).
Your single suggestion seems presumptive, and suggests Matrixgames just opened in the back of a hat shop, perhaps?
The forum you have joined includes every educated profession on every inhabited continent of the globe.
This includes lawyers.
We forumites do appreciate newcomers, and the fresh blood they bring, but like Clint Eastwood said "Every man should know his limitations".
Your legal advice is not needed.
panjack.... I think this is under control... let it go
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