I hope he was, but I'm not certain he was. In any case, I can assure everyone out there who doesn't vacation in the Hamptons that a jump from $99 to $499 is an absolutely huge difference, both practically and psychologically.
I'm not sure how he couldn't have predicted this outcome.
I was referring to him calling the price hike a "modest" increase. I read it as him being intentionally inappropriately flippant about the thing that killed the conference (in a mildly humourous and self-effacing manor).
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I must be out of touch. A price increase of $99 to $499 is not a "modest increase". Come on.
I think he was being facetious.
I hope he was, but I'm not certain he was. In any case, I can assure everyone out there who doesn't vacation in the Hamptons that a jump from $99 to $499 is an absolutely huge difference, both practically and psychologically.
I'm not sure how he couldn't have predicted this outcome.
No, he wasn't. And as numerous people above pointed out, the price killed the deal.
I was referring to him calling the price hike a "modest" increase. I read it as him being intentionally inappropriately flippant about the thing that killed the conference (in a mildly humourous and self-effacing manor).