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Old 09-13-2006, 01:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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?? Helios Price Increase ??

The text on the Helios website just changed ....

"We are the only provider of salon management software to offer our software for FREE. For only $49.99 a month you get free updates. Helios has made managing your customer data easy and affordable for any salon owner."

I thought maybe they were starting to quote the Centrix pricing ... but no ... it is 49.99 on the Helios V11 page as well.


and while I am on it ... For only $49.99 a month you get free updates. Interesting use of the English language ... sort of like ... for $150. a week you can have $150. worth of free groceries from your local supermarket.


Now I do believe 39 a month ... 49 a month for the software to run you salon and that including tech support ... not a bad deal at all ... but FREE it is not.

25% price increase in one step ... ouch
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If it goes up, they've lost my business.
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what will you switch to knxtan?
or will you just keep running with the helios 11?
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Is this change for new customers only or for both??
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i`ll just cancel support crap and run 11
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25% increase on existing customers MUST be justified by some cool azz new features and upgrades - why would i pay 120 extra a year for same crap i have been using?
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Re: ?? Helios Price Increase ??

tanchix ... do not know if it is only new clients or for both (meaning existing) ... I would think it would be a bit of an administrative nightmare to have more than 1 rate ... I know they tried that in the past and changed everyone to one rate.

I just saw the change in rates on their website today ...

Maybe there will be a newletter outlining it ... then again maybe it will just change next draft, see your Software Maintenance Agreement:

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2. All prices, fees and draft rates are NOT refundable and are subject to change without notice.
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My v9.4 has been FREE for over 5 years now. Trouble free also.
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Old 09-14-2006, 09:11 AM   #10 (permalink)
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i saw helios10 dongle key on ebay - seller claimed you can run software for free?
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