CD prices (was: Tithi Ashtottari Dasa Tutorial)

[Guest guest]

Hello PVRji and others at SJC,

The CD prices are unaffordable for most students. It is perfectly

understandable that CD prices should cover the cost of making,

inventoring and distributing it and perhaps a bit more. However,

setting astronomical prices for CDs may not help generate revenue as

SJC cant realize economy of scale. Price inflation may be a lose-lose

situation for both the students and SJC.

 

This is just my opinion. It may or may not coincide with reality.

 

regards,

-Siva.

 

vedic astrology, "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao"

<pvr@c...> wrote:

> Hare Rama Krishna

> Namaste Gauranga Prabhu,

>

> I hope you all had a great time at the Hyderabad conference.

Unfortunately, I wasn't destined to be a part of it.

>

> About the CD prices: The word you used ("ripoff") may be a bit too

strong, but I too felt, as soon as the prices wre announced, that

they were unaffordable for several people. I heard the same from some

students recently. If one were to buy all the CD's, it would cost

more than attending the live classes and this is unfair. After all,

we are a service-minded non-profit organization.

>

> You told me to talk to Lakshmi. Of course, I have already talked to

the nice people running the SJC organization about the CD prices.

There was a lot of friction and heated argument. You said "Sanjay

himself said this to me" regarding the rip-off thing. However, a

gentleman at SJC organization said something else. He wrote: "Sanjay

set the price and personally I agree with the price". All this is

utterly confusing to me.

>

> I tried to understand the motivation behind the price and asked how

much was earned and spent during the summer seminars and how much was

spent for the recording equipment. Unfortunately, all these details

are not yet revealed and so I don't know what is a reasonable price

without anybody losing money.

>

> The bottomline is that my feedback led to a big argument. I stood

my guard that the CD's are unaffordable to several sincere students

and wanted to understand all the economics and find the price for

which nobody at SJC loses any money. I was accused of being "cruel"

and a gentleman at SJC accused: "I'm getting the clear message that

if everything isn't done according to Narasimha, it is somehow not

right. Is this what you want? I don't work well with that style and

neither do others."

>

> I registered my strongest protest to Sanjay at the CD prices and

decided to move on. I have already generated a lot of bad will for

myself at SJC. SJC is a nascent organization today and I was sad to

be seen as somebody who was trying to destabilize it. Hopefully the

right sense will prevail on all and SJC will grow into an

organization that I (and other like-minded people) can be proud of. I

greatly value the services of Brendan, Lakshmi and others to SJC and

hope the friction caused due to the CD price argument will finally

lead to the good of the organization.

>

> Gauranga, I do appreciate your mail. Until now, I was completely

isolated within SJC on this issue.

>

> May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> Narasimha

> -

> Gauranga Das

> vyasa ; vedic astrology ;

varahamihira ;

> Monday, December 16, 2002 7:47 AM

> Re: [Vedavyasa] Tithi Ashtottari Dasa Tutorial

>

>

> Dear Narasimha,

>

> Namaste.

>

> Please talk to Laskmi et al and make the CDs cheaper. It is a

ripoff. Sanjay himself said this to me on the Hyderabad conference

recently where we were missing you very much. Please tell Laksmi to

put all the classes in MP3 on one or 2 CDs and sell those $50-100/cd.

Not that you get one class on 3 cdes for $300.

>

> Thank you.

>

> Yours,

>

> Gauranga das

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I suppose power, politics, and money enter into all

things. Even the Divine?

 

I have been taught that money must not enter into my

channeling of the divine light of knowledge and my

assistance to others. This is most distressing to me.

You are my teachers. I very humbly apologize for my

outburst.

 

Blessings to you all

Jim

 

 

--- "schinnas <schinnas"

<schinnas wrote:

> Hello PVRji and others at SJC,

> The CD prices are unaffordable for most students.

> It is perfectly

> understandable that CD prices should cover the cost

> of making,

> inventoring and distributing it and perhaps a bit

> more. However,

> setting astronomical prices for CDs may not help

> generate revenue as

> SJC cant realize economy of scale. Price inflation

> may be a lose-lose

> situation for both the students and SJC.

>

> This is just my opinion. It may or may not coincide

> with reality.

>

> regards,

> -Siva.

>

> vedic astrology, "Narasimha

> P.V.R. Rao"

> <pvr@c...> wrote:

> > Hare Rama Krishna

> > Namaste Gauranga Prabhu,

> >

> > I hope you all had a great time at the Hyderabad

> conference.

> Unfortunately, I wasn't destined to be a part of it.

> >

> > About the CD prices: The word you used ("ripoff")

> may be a bit too

> strong, but I too felt, as soon as the prices wre

> announced, that

> they were unaffordable for several people. I heard

> the same from some

> students recently. If one were to buy all the CD's,

> it would cost

> more than attending the live classes and this is

> unfair. After all,

> we are a service-minded non-profit organization.

> >

> > You told me to talk to Lakshmi. Of course, I have

> already talked to

> the nice people running the SJC organization about

> the CD prices.

> There was a lot of friction and heated argument. You

> said "Sanjay

> himself said this to me" regarding the rip-off

> thing. However, a

> gentleman at SJC organization said something else.

> He wrote: "Sanjay

> set the price and personally I agree with the

> price". All this is

> utterly confusing to me.

> >

> > I tried to understand the motivation behind the

> price and asked how

> much was earned and spent during the summer seminars

> and how much was

> spent for the recording equipment. Unfortunately,

> all these details

> are not yet revealed and so I don't know what is a

> reasonable price

> without anybody losing money.

> >

> > The bottomline is that my feedback led to a big

> argument. I stood

> my guard that the CD's are unaffordable to several

> sincere students

> and wanted to understand all the economics and find

> the price for

> which nobody at SJC loses any money. I was accused

> of being "cruel"

> and a gentleman at SJC accused: "I'm getting the

> clear message that

> if everything isn't done according to Narasimha, it

> is somehow not

> right. Is this what you want? I don't work well with

> that style and

> neither do others."

> >

> > I registered my strongest protest to Sanjay at the

> CD prices and

> decided to move on. I have already generated a lot

> of bad will for

> myself at SJC. SJC is a nascent organization today

> and I was sad to

> be seen as somebody who was trying to destabilize

> it. Hopefully the

> right sense will prevail on all and SJC will grow

> into an

> organization that I (and other like-minded people)

> can be proud of. I

> greatly value the services of Brendan, Lakshmi and

> others to SJC and

> hope the friction caused due to the CD price

> argument will finally

> lead to the good of the organization.

> >

> > Gauranga, I do appreciate your mail. Until now, I

> was completely

> isolated within SJC on this issue.

> >

> > May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> > Narasimha

> > -

> > Gauranga Das

> > vyasa ;

> vedic astrology ;

> varahamihira ;

>

> > Monday, December 16, 2002 7:47 AM

> > Re: [Vedavyasa] Tithi Ashtottari Dasa

> Tutorial

> >

> >

> > Dear Narasimha,

> >

> > Namaste.

> >

> > Please talk to Laskmi et al and make the CDs

> cheaper. It is a

> ripoff. Sanjay himself said this to me on the

> Hyderabad conference

> recently where we were missing you very much. Please

> tell Laksmi to

> put all the classes in MP3 on one or 2 CDs and sell

> those $50-100/cd.

> Not that you get one class on 3 cdes for $300.

> >

> > Thank you.

> >

> > Yours,

> >

> > Gauranga das

>

>

 

 

 

 

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