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I agree with the statement extortion and short sightedness. It is currently a sellers market and the
consumer takes the hit. When the pendulum swings then it's where is the loyalty?
Liam Kingsmill wrote:
> We're sorry, Derek, to hear of Equis shortsightedness.
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> Equis' decision to further alienate the customer base in favor of
> receiving kickbacks is yet another notice to users that "user's
> interests" are not high on the corporate priority list. Quotes Plus is
> a wonderful, reliable data service that delivers 10,000 accurate stock
> prices and indexes in under a minute via internet for less than $12 a
> month. It is a service that deserves high praise and Equis' support.
>
> In effect, what Equis is doing is raising the cost of using their
> software and hiding the extra cost from its users by forcing data
> providers to pony up some bucks, forcing the data providers to pass the
> kickback along to their customers.
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> But, Equis knows well about the gold in them "data hills". For years
> Equis has charged $10 monthly plus a long-distance telephone cost to
> users of Technician for about 39 items of data each trading day. Quotes
> Plus charges less than $12 for over 10,000 items including most of those
> 39 items and it is telephone toll-free.
>
> I get that the purpose of Metastock is to sell data for which Equis gets
> a kickback.
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