Price Policy

So on Wednesday December 18th I went on the VZW web site to order a new phone. I went with the MOTO X, which at the time was $99.99, I wanted to design my own, so i selected the ' Design Yours' link. This link forwarded me to the Motorola website, where I designed the Moto X that i wanted. When it came time to check out, I was asked which carrier the device was for, and i selected Verizon Wireless. My payment information was taken, a credit check was performed and then the order was submitted. I checked back on VZW website on the 19th of December and saw that the MOTO X was now on sale for $49.99. My phone was delivered on the 20th of December exactly how i ordered it, it was up in running in now time. The activation process was flawless.
On Tuesday December 24th I decided to enquire about the price policy that Verizon has, I first spoke to a representative via chat, who gave me the phone number to customer support 800 922 0204. The customer representative was very knowledgeable. I then called customer support to speak to a representative about the price policy. The representative informed me that because I made the purchase through BestBuy.com, there was nothing that could be done. I kept asking how BestBuy got involded in this whole process when I started the purchase on the VZW's website, and was redirected to Motorola's website. The representative assured me that Verizon does not redirect you to a 3rd party web site.
I've been a customer since '96 and I have never had any issues with their customer service, but today they had me boiling. So Verizon, can you help me out here?

Actually, Verizon will price match, but not if the purchase was through a third party. Usually it has to be within 14 days of purchase, but the holiday extended timeframe applies:
Take some of the stress out of the holidays with our Extended holiday return policy & price protection guarantee
All device and accessory purchases made between 11/28/13 and 12/25/13 may be returned or exchanged through 1/15/14.
If you purchase a device or accessory from Verizon Wireless between 11/28/13 and 12/25/13 and we offer it at a lower price, we will match the lower price through 1/15/14. Depending on how you purchased your device or accessory, simply contact us as soon as you see the price difference in one of the following ways:
If you purchased online at VerizonWireless.com and we offer a lower price online, call 800-922-0204.
If you purchased in our store and the store is now offering a lower price, return to the store.
If you purchased from us over the phone and we offer a lower advertised price, call 800-922-0204.
All other provisions of Verizon Wireless' Return and Exchange Policy still apply.

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Price policy of Apple in the Czech Republic

Hi,
can anyone please send me an email contact to somebody in Apple who is responsible for managing European countries dealerships and controls (more or less) the price policy of those dealers? I just don't get it! On the three lists of countries by gross domestic product at purchasing power parity per capita which is found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita you can clearly see, that USA is somewhere between 7th and 9th place of all countries with around 47000$. On the other hand, the Czech Republic is between 36 and 39 place with about 25000$. That's little more than half of the USA one. Can anyone tell me how it is possible that US citizen, who has nearly twice the purchasing power of the Czech citizen, can have:
New 2011 Mac Book Pro 13 for 1199$ while in Czech Rep. the very same model costs 1547$? 29% more
New 2011 Mac Book Pro 15 (2,4GHz quad-core i7) for 2199$ while in Czech Rep. the very same model costs 2772$ 26% more
New 2011 Mac Book Pro 17 (2,4GHz quad-core i7) for 2499$ while in Czech Rep. the very same model costs 3216$ 28% more
I would understand that the prices would be about the same. It's not possible to sell those Mac Books for 500$ in Congo just because its a poor country. But hey!!! 26-9% MORE expensive??? Come on!!! And please don't tell me that the cost MUST be higher because of the distribution or transportation. These are made in China so they must travel huge lengths anyway and I bet the cost to transport them to US is actually higher than to Europe. It's not the exchange rate problem because US dollar is much cheaper than it used to be several years ago. And I don't think it's a legislation problem of EU or Czech Rep. either because other brands like Acer, HP, Lenovo, Asus etc. with similar configuration are noticeably cheaper than Apple's stuff. I think that this has something to do either with Apple's European, or Central Europe price policy, or the dealers are simply out of Apple's control, they did a silent cartel and they are stuffing their own pockets. It's a shame when you consider how great the Apple products are and how affordable they can be for US citizens. Unfortunately not for the Czech ones. I think somebody at Apple should definitely do something about it. Please, let me know where can I officially send my complaints.
Thanks
Vit

http://www.apple.com/asia/reseller/aar/ph-list.php
I don't see Wellcom listed on that page, so unless they exist under another name, it would appear that they are not authorized, though I don't know if that page is completely up to date.
I bought it with their promise that it comes with a real apple warranty.
You can check the status of the warranty by entering the serial number here:
https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do
If the date of expiration is not one year from the date you purchased the iPod (give or take a day or two), then the reseller was not authorized and/or sold you a used iPod.
I was surprised to see that itouch 8gb is only selling at 9990
That sounds too good to be true, and when something seems too good to be true, it usually is.
I was shocked that it is the old itouch 4g w/o IOS5 . was I defrauded?
Either that or they had very old stock, which is certainly possible though unlikely for any authorized dealer.
is there any diff in price bet 4g w/o ios5 and w/ ios5?
Apple reduced the price on the iPod touch 8GB model back in October. And all new iPods come with iOS 5. An iPod touch with iOS 4 is old stock.
Regards.

Price policy for Switzerland

About two years ago I bought my first copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Lightroom 3.
Some monthes ago, the new version of Photoshop, the CS5, came out with a lot of improvements for a photographer as I am. After a lot of thoughts (convinced by all the good things I saw at kelbytraining.com), I decided to upgrade my CS4 to CS5 (but didn’t in the end).
What a surprise as I discovered the local price of the english upgrage at the Adobe store online.
As I'm living in Switzerland I have to buy at the Swiss Adobe store and the price of the upgrade is CHF 312 (USD 380) while it costs only USD 199 at the US Adobe store. About twice the price!!!
I cannot understand the difference. It is the same version (english), downloadable, no specific added value for Switzerland. And in fact I'm quite sure that the x MB to be downloaded file is located on the same server whether you buy in Switzerland or in the US.
Day after day, I defend the patent rights; I am always explaining friends that it is not fair to use hacked copy of softwares instead of buying them. That it is not only a matter of law but of respect for the work of the creators.
I am deeply disappointed by your price policy. It shows disrespect for the swiss customer I am and it is not correct.
Clearly I know that my words won't change anything in the price policy but I wanted to pass on my frustration.

LOngchampF wrote:
...I am deeply disappointed by your price policy. It shows disrespect for the swiss customer I am and it is not correct.
Clearly I know that my words won't change anything in the price policy but I wanted to pass on my frustration.
You need to tell Adobe this. Do that on this page.
This forum is filled with users like you that have no individual control over pricing.
The only thing users can do to fight over-pricing is to stop paying the high price. But we've collectively been pretty unsuccessful at that.

Nokia's price policy of the N900

Folks, in my mind the N900 is *far* too expensive. No doubt, developing such a device may swallow millions, but, for 500 Euros I get a 15" laptop or a netbook with a UMTS stick and flatrate, whereas Nokia offers a telephone with a small 3,5" display.... Being a Linux enthusiast myself I really love the idea of Maemo, but at such a high price? I really wonder whether it is not better to buy a laptop, put openSUSE Linux on it and a UMTS stick, more software, more possibilities, more apps. What would you guys say would be a reasonable price? In my mind between 350 and 400 Euros, 400 being the pain barrier.

couple of points here:
1. when they announced the release of the N900 they immediately dropped the price of the N97 to not be above it.
2. i dont think that the $600+ dollars in US is a big deal...but here is why
for the general user/parent/advanced user
you get a decent camera - $200
you get a decent video recorder - $200
you get a decent audio recorder - $100
you get a decent video player - $100
you get a great pda - $150
you get a phone - $Free with activation but lets say $100
you get your sms/mms
you get your social networks integrated - need a laptop for $300
you get your mp3 player - $50
you get your full internet experience - use the laptop
you get your email - use the laptop
you get your office products (full versions will come for sure ie-word/excel/ppt) - use the laptop
you get your gaming (both new and nastalgae/emulators) - cost of psp/DS/etc with other limitations
you get your instant messangers - use the laptop
you get your gps and navigation - $200
the list can still grow.
that alone is just $1400 not including the multiple cases and accessories for each, or the bulk you would have to lug around and it is all fairly instant, in the palm of your hand and fits in your pocket.
$600 doesnt sound so bad when you actually use them...actually, it's quite a deal...oh, and free software!
if you like this, kudo it!

Price policy for South African Cloud Membership

I own Creative Suite 5 Production Premium and have seen offers advertised where if you own a previous suite you can switch to cloud for $29.99. Living in South Africa i was not able to utilize this offer because the cloud was not available here until now.
My question now is do I still qualify for the special price and how do you subscribe to the cloud with the lower price. I get told the offer is not valid in your region when I try.

Dean Utian wrote:
@John
In Australia, we also pay higher prices for Adobe software - around the same increase as you're seeing at your end - about 25% higher. Think the Aus price is AU$62/month for CC and the Aus $ is stronger than the US.
Thanks Dean. Yes, that's what I'm paying. I'm in Australia too.
Dean Utian wrote:
There has been a lot of discussion about this in avrious blogs, magazines. The official Adobe explanation is:
"Our pricing methodology takes into consideration the costs of doing business in different regions and customer research that assesses the value of the product in the local market. Conditions vary between markets and it’s difficult to make a straight comparison between countries."
http://desktopmag.com.au/news/adobes-cs6-pricing-explanation/
It doesn't really explain things but suggests that Adobe creates a price they think will be accepted by the market.
I've seen these vague "explanations" trotted out online often.
They're often cut-and-pasted in this forum by Adobe Staff. Suggest the Staff don't have a better answer either - or they're not authorised to post one.
Problem is the "explanations" don't explain anything - especially the fact that the Cloud is digitally delivered so no transport or packaging costs, just bit and bytes and Gigabytes from an Adobe server located somewhere around the globe. Same product and service wherever you are.
As you say, Adobe charges what the market will bear. Some loathe it and won't pay the regional price differences on principle. The majority tolerates it in order to use the software.
Free market capitalism at its purest.
Dean Utian wrote:
In Australia, the educational price for Creative Cloud is in line with the US price. In fact, with current exhange rates, it's slighly cheaper.
Interesting observation.

Price policy Adobe

I'd love to know the reason Adobe makes the upgrade so bloody
expensive for non-US citizens.
Maybe Allen Partridge could shed some light? The past weeks I
read somwhere that it would be so resellers
could actually make a profit, but this upgrade is only
available as a download, so that doesn't fly!
And maybe Adobe could also officially post a webpage
explaining why some much needed changes (multiple undo for one) are
still not included in D11 and when the next update is scheduled? If
most of the changes are made under the hood it would be nice to
communicate that too, just so not too many more developers are
pissed of the following days and weeks.
Anyways, if anyone knows a way to buy the upgrade in dollars,
let us all know!

allsgoodandwell wrote:
> Hi Dean - I'd also heard about that software, but then
I'd also heard that it
> won't work unless you're using a US-registered credit
card, which makes it a
> bit useless for most of us! Not having tried it myself,
I don't know how true
> that is, but it's something to bear in mind.
I don't know how true that is. I have not tested it myself
but know someone who has
and said it worked perfectly fine for him/
> When upgrading to CS3 I called the UK sales office
asking what would happen if
> I asked a friend to buy a copy in the States and bring
it over - they said that
> serial numbers are tied to territories, so they wouldn't
guarantee I'd be able
> to upgrade from a UK to US version. And even if it
worked, they wouldn't
> confirm it would activate, or even then support it in
any way. However - they
> were vague; whether or not it would have worked I don't
know. I was a scaredy
> cat and just forked out for the local version of CS3.
The above is a lot of #@%^$%. Adobe don't make serial numbers
locked to locations.
And I don't believe they would refuse support for a
legitimate copy of software.
Here's a local story for you. A few years back, Sony sued a
technician in Australia
for offering services to unlock playstations from playing
region specific DVDs and
games. Sony claimed he was breaking copyright rules by
allowing pirated software to
be played on the machines. Sony actually lost the case. The
judge said while the
use of pirated software on the unlocked machines is an
unfortunate situation, Sony
don't have the right to monopolize the local market and
charge higher prices than
those available from overseas or online, and it is unfair to
restrict legitimate
purchaces from those places. So, according to Australian law,
it is perfectly legal
to buy software or DVDs overseas and use them here, and any
company that attempts
to prevent this would be breaking our law. Anyway, just a
story. Not sure if this
is the case worldwide, but I was impressed with what
happened, which created a
precedeant for the future.
regards
Dean
Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au
email: [email protected]

High price of iPhone 6 plus in india

Sir/madam,
Your iPhone 6 plus might be great however your price policy in india is very bad. Customers like me being vey loyal to apple products have to reconsider while buying iPhone 6 plus.

This is an international forum, so it is hard to answer your question without more information. We are users like you as well, this is not Apple, but a user to user support forum. Where are you saying the price of the iPhone has increased? Local regulations determine if taxes are added to pricing, not Apple.

Refurb policy

Hi,
I recently upgraded from a mac mini to a 21.5" iMac. I purchased a 3.2 GHz core i3 refurbished model. Well, my timing was really bad and the 2011 refresh came out, dropping the price of the refurbished models. It's now $170 less than it was 13 days ago.
I called up, since the refund policy stated "The Apple Store endeavors to offer you competitive prices on current Apple products, selected Sale and Apple Certified Reconditioned products, and third-party products.", but was told that refurbished products do not offer the price match that new ones do, despite what the refund policy states.
I'm within the 14 day window, so I could ship the whole thing back and order the exact same thing for $170 less, which seems counter-intuitive.
Anyone else run into this sort of thing? I'll be honest; I'm happy with my purchase, but it has left me feeling a little bit bitter (more about myself than Apple) and I'm sure that I'll remember this when it comes time for the next upgrade. Yes, it's only $170, but that could go along way towards an iTouch!
I was under the impression that refurbished was identical to non-refurbished except for the warranty. I guess I was wrong.

Roger,
I was more asking if this was to be expected with refurbished Apple products. I was surprised to hear that the price policy was different.
-M

Price Plan Familiy

Hello,after Apple Music, is there a plan to change the price for the family package? Please let me know before I switch. Thanks. Sascha

Thank you for your answer. As the price policy is not fair at all (regarding to Swiss exceptions against the Euro), we will set our private deadline to end of august. The actual Euro-Price of 24.00 für 4 familymembers would be fine to keep us as clients. At the moment, we would pay CHF 32.00 (31.50 Euros). Since the Euro fell down by 20 Cents to the Swiss Franc in January, this means, that we would pay 8 Euros more just in the pocket of spotify without any difference. With one premium account for CHF 12.95 (equal to 12.50 Euros by now) we already pay 2 Euros more than the rest of europe, and that's not fair, but I accept this. But with the family-plan no way! The worth of one Euro to one Franc will not change anymore the way it did in January.

Pricing policy between different currencies

Hello, I dont understand the price difference for the subscription between different currencies. - US : Subscription $9,99/month- FR : Subscription €9,99/month- CH : Sbscription CHF12,95 But the currency exchange is quite similar for 1 USD, i have 0,9 EUR, and 0,94 CHF. Why for switzerland you have a different price ? It should be 9,99 CHF. Can you re-evaluate your price policy between these different currencies ?

Hello,
VTFL. Go to the item category and select the exchange rate type.
Regards
Waza

PP and FI

hi,
Can any one provide me PP and FI integration material.

Dear,
   Pls go through this
   Cost Object Controlling
Purpose
The Cost Object Controlling component is designed to answer the question: What costs have been incurred for which objects? For this purpose, the component assigns costs to the output of the company. The output can be materials manufactured in-house, individual orders, or intangible goods.
This component provides real-time cost management functions that measure the cost of goods manufactured in all plants.
Cost Object Controlling enables you to determine the cost of goods manufactured and the cost of goods sold.
You can:
·        Establish planned costs (budgeted costs)
·        Record actual costs for the cost objects
·        Compare actual costs with target costs and with planned costs, and analyze variances
·        Determine price floors for products or individual orders
You can use the functions of Cost Object Controlling by lot or by period.
Cost Object Controlling supplies basic information for the following business functions:
·        Price setting and general price policy
·        Inventory valuation
·        Cost of goods manufactured
·        Profitability analysis
·        Profit center accounting
Implementation Considerations
Here are some of the ways you can utilize Cost Object Controlling:
·        Determine whether the actual costs of an order matched or exceeded the planned costs
·        Determine the production variances between actual costs and target costs, and why these occurred
·        Decide whether to accept a particular sales order (whether the sales order will be profitable)
·        Identify areas in your company where you have particularly low costs and therefore which cost objects you should concentrate on
·        Decide whether it would be more profitable to manufacture a cost object in-house or to outsource it
·        Determine whether and how the cost of goods manufactured can be reduced
Cost Object Controlling also can provide special information on:
·        The cost of unplanned scrap
·        Cost savings resulting from new production methods
·        Cost behavior during capacity bottlenecks
The cost of goods manufactured for finished products and the work in process for orders can be used to capitalize the inventories in your balance sheet.
Integration
Before you can use Cost Object Controlling, you calculate the planned costs for each product in a cost estimate. You can use different costing methods in Product Cost Planning(CO-PC-PCP) for this purpose.
Cost Object Controlling accesses master data and transaction data in Production Planning (PP), Production Planning - Process Industries (PP-PI), Materials Management (MM), Sales and Distribution (SD), and Overhead Cost Controlling (CO-OM).
You can view the data of Cost Object Controlling in the Product Cost Controlling Information System (CO-PC-IS).
When you settle, you can transfer the data of Cost Object Controlling to other components in the system:
·        Actual Costing/Material Ledger (CO-PC-ACT)
·        Financial Accounting(FI) for purposes such as capitalizing unfinished and finished products and automatically creating reserves
·        Profitability Analysis(CO-PA) to analyze the costs by market segment
·        Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA) to analyze the results by profit center
See also Integration of Cost Object Controlling
Features
All postings of actual data that refer to a cost object result in an immediate debit of the cost object.
The closing activities at the end of the period allow you to do the following:
·        Revaluate activities at actual prices
·        Allocate overhead using template allocation and by defining overhead rates for cost objects
·        Determine the work in process (the value of unfinished goods)
·        Determine the variances between target costs and actual costs
·        Transfer the calculated data to other objects and application components
·        Compile periodic reports on a regular basis
Analysis functions are supported by the Cost Object Controlling Information System.
You can analyze planned costs, target costs, actual costs, and quantity information at various levels such as the plant, product group, or individual cost object. The data is always available in real time.
Drilldown capabilities enable you to access detailed information.
From the evaluations at plant level, you drill down to the product groups and from there down to materials/products or individual orders.
See also:
Cost Object Controlling is subdivided into the following application components:
·        Product Cost by Order
·        Product Cost by Period
·        Product Cost by Sales Order
·        Costs for Intangible Goods and Services
For detailed information on creating material cost estimates, such as for the purpose of calculating the standard costs of your materials, see Product Cost Planning.
For information on cost accounting in engineer-to-order, see Project System.
amin

Discount Creative Cloud for Students with 2-4 Apps to choose from?

Will there be anything like this anytime soon? Like that you can choose the apps you need for a lesser price? I don't need the whole master suite and I can't afford 30€ every month for this.
I only truly need Photoshop, Indesign and AfterEffects. The others apps are not that important for me, as I have other more cost efficient or free programms for that. I would only be missing out on Illustrator, but I can live with that.
I imagine something like 3 programms for 10€ a month, that would be affordable. Or that you pay 3-5€ per app as a student. (Currently it's 19€=25$ for the first year and then 29€=38$ forevermore...)
If you are professional I can understand that you have to pay and invest that money, but as a student the pricing is just unfair. I think it's no wonder that so many people pirate Adobe programms, under that price policy monopolism. Where should you learn those programms that are required to apply for a job when they cost a fortune? What about people who have no money? Should they be denied to educate themselves?
Applause to Autodesk for offering free educational software!!!
(This post is no utopia)

This is an open forum with a mix of program users and Adobe staff, not Adobe support... you need Adobe support
Adobe contact information - http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html may help
-Select your product and what you need help with
-Click on the blue box "Still need help? Contact us"

Can an iPad be sold more expensive on an airport shop?

Thought Apple products have a fixed price.
I found the new iPad WiFi (any model) being sold 90€ more expensive.
I'm talking about a Madrid Barajas Airport T1 and T2 airside store.
Is there any price policy for Apple products?
Can it be possible??
LP

You're right celliott.
Not sure if Apple has an enforceable agreement with sellers not to to reduce the price.
The power is with the buyer - if the price is higher than you want, buy somewhere else.

Links between MM , FI and PP

Dear All ,
How MM is linked with FI and PP ??? PLs explain the functions ???

Pls go through this
Cost Object Controlling
Purpose
The Cost Object Controlling component is designed to answer the question: What costs have been incurred for which objects? For this purpose, the component assigns costs to the output of the company. The output can be materials manufactured in-house, individual orders, or intangible goods.
This component provides real-time cost management functions that measure the cost of goods manufactured in all plants.
Cost Object Controlling enables you to determine the cost of goods manufactured and the cost of goods sold.
You can:
· Establish planned costs (budgeted costs)
· Record actual costs for the cost objects
· Compare actual costs with target costs and with planned costs, and analyze variances
· Determine price floors for products or individual orders
You can use the functions of Cost Object Controlling by lot or by period.
Cost Object Controlling supplies basic information for the following business functions:
· Price setting and general price policy
· Inventory valuation
· Cost of goods manufactured
· Profitability analysis
· Profit center accounting
Implementation Considerations
Here are some of the ways you can utilize Cost Object Controlling:
· Determine whether the actual costs of an order matched or exceeded the planned costs
· Determine the production variances between actual costs and target costs, and why these occurred
· Decide whether to accept a particular sales order (whether the sales order will be profitable)
· Identify areas in your company where you have particularly low costs and therefore which cost objects you should concentrate on
· Decide whether it would be more profitable to manufacture a cost object in-house or to outsource it
· Determine whether and how the cost of goods manufactured can be reduced
Cost Object Controlling also can provide special information on:
· The cost of unplanned scrap
· Cost savings resulting from new production methods
· Cost behavior during capacity bottlenecks
The cost of goods manufactured for finished products and the work in process for orders can be used to capitalize the inventories in your balance sheet.
Integration
Before you can use Cost Object Controlling, you calculate the planned costs for each product in a cost estimate. You can use different costing methods in Product Cost Planning(CO-PC-PCP) for this purpose.
Cost Object Controlling accesses master data and transaction data in Production Planning (PP), Production Planning - Process Industries (PP-PI), Materials Management (MM), Sales and Distribution (SD), and Overhead Cost Controlling (CO-OM).
You can view the data of Cost Object Controlling in the Product Cost Controlling Information System (CO-PC-IS).
When you settle, you can transfer the data of Cost Object Controlling to other components in the system:
· Actual Costing/Material Ledger (CO-PC-ACT)
· Financial Accounting(FI) for purposes such as capitalizing unfinished and finished products and automatically creating reserves
· Profitability Analysis(CO-PA) to analyze the costs by market segment
· Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA) to analyze the results by profit center
See also Integration of Cost Object Controlling
Features
All postings of actual data that refer to a cost object result in an immediate debit of the cost object.
The closing activities at the end of the period allow you to do the following:
· Revaluate activities at actual prices
· Allocate overhead using template allocation and by defining overhead rates for cost objects
· Determine the work in process (the value of unfinished goods)
· Determine the variances between target costs and actual costs
· Transfer the calculated data to other objects and application components
· Compile periodic reports on a regular basis
Analysis functions are supported by the Cost Object Controlling Information System.
You can analyze planned costs, target costs, actual costs, and quantity information at various levels such as the plant, product group, or individual cost object. The data is always available in real time.
Drilldown capabilities enable you to access detailed information.
From the evaluations at plant level, you drill down to the product groups and from there down to materials/products or individual orders.
See also:
Cost Object Controlling is subdivided into the following application components:
· Product Cost by Order
· Product Cost by Period
· Product Cost by Sales Order
· Costs for Intangible Goods and Services
For detailed information on creating material cost estimates, such as for the purpose of calculating the standard costs of your materials, see Product Cost Planning.
For information on cost accounting in engineer-to-order, see Project System.

In the privacy policy, it states that percentages and durations of books read are being collected to ensure that publishers can have a metered price model, prices depending on how the book was read. Give me an example of a company with such a price model?

In your privacy policy, you state that the percentages and durations of books read are being collected to ensure that publishers can choose a metered price model. Prices which depends on the duration for which the book was read.
Give me an example of a company with such a price model? Are the information being collected even where the companies have not asked for the information, even when the metered price models are not being used?
Here is an extract från the privacy policy:
What information does Adobe Digital Editions collect and how is it used?
The following information may be collected when an eBook with DRM is opened in Adobe Digital Editions software. If an eBook does not have any DRM associated with it, then no information is collected.
User GUID: The User GUID is a unique value assigned in place of your User ID and is used to authenticate you.
Device GUID: The Device GUID is a unique value generated to identify your device. It is used to ensure that the eBook may be viewed on your device and that the number of devices permitted by the license is not exceeded.
Certified App ID: This ID represents the application that is being used to view the eBook, in this case Adobe Digital Editions. It is necessary to ensure that only a certified application may display an eBook. This helps to minimize piracy and theft of eBooks.
Device IP (Internet Protocol): This identifies the country you are located in when you purchase an eBook. It is used by eBook providers for the enablement of localized pricing models. Only the country identifier of the Device IP is stored.
Duration for Which the Book was Read: This information may be collected to facilitate limited or metered pricing models entered into between eBook providers, such as publishers and distributors. These models are based on how long a reader has read an eBook. For example, you may borrow an eBook for a period of 30 days. While some publishers and distributors may charge libraries and resellers for 30 days from the date of the download, others may follow a metered pricing model and charge them for the actual time you read the eBook.
Percentage of the eBook Read: The percentage of the eBook read may be collected to allow eBook providers such as publishers to implement subscription pricing models where they charge based on the percentage of the eBook read.
Information provided by eBook providers relating to the eBook you have purchased: The following information is provided by the eBook provider to enable the delivery of the eBook to your device:Date of eBook purchase/download
Distributor ID and Adobe Content Server Operator URL
Metadata of the eBook, such as title, author, language, publisher list price, ISBN number
How is the information transmitted?
The data is sent periodically to Adobe via a secure transmission using HTTPS.
How is the information used?
Adobe uses the information collected about the eBook you have opened in Adobe Digital Editions software to ensure it is being viewed in accordance with the type of DRM license that accompanies that eBook. The type of license is determined by the eBook provider. For more information on how each piece of data is used, please see above.

In your privacy policy, you state that the percentages and durations of books read are being collected to ensure that publishers can choose a metered price model. Prices which depends on the duration for which the book was read.
Give me an example of a company with such a price model? Are the information being collected even where the companies have not asked for the information, even when the metered price models are not being used?
Here is an extract från the privacy policy:
What information does Adobe Digital Editions collect and how is it used?
The following information may be collected when an eBook with DRM is opened in Adobe Digital Editions software. If an eBook does not have any DRM associated with it, then no information is collected.
User GUID: The User GUID is a unique value assigned in place of your User ID and is used to authenticate you.
Device GUID: The Device GUID is a unique value generated to identify your device. It is used to ensure that the eBook may be viewed on your device and that the number of devices permitted by the license is not exceeded.
Certified App ID: This ID represents the application that is being used to view the eBook, in this case Adobe Digital Editions. It is necessary to ensure that only a certified application may display an eBook. This helps to minimize piracy and theft of eBooks.
Device IP (Internet Protocol): This identifies the country you are located in when you purchase an eBook. It is used by eBook providers for the enablement of localized pricing models. Only the country identifier of the Device IP is stored.
Duration for Which the Book was Read: This information may be collected to facilitate limited or metered pricing models entered into between eBook providers, such as publishers and distributors. These models are based on how long a reader has read an eBook. For example, you may borrow an eBook for a period of 30 days. While some publishers and distributors may charge libraries and resellers for 30 days from the date of the download, others may follow a metered pricing model and charge them for the actual time you read the eBook.
Percentage of the eBook Read: The percentage of the eBook read may be collected to allow eBook providers such as publishers to implement subscription pricing models where they charge based on the percentage of the eBook read.
Information provided by eBook providers relating to the eBook you have purchased: The following information is provided by the eBook provider to enable the delivery of the eBook to your device:Date of eBook purchase/download
Distributor ID and Adobe Content Server Operator URL
Metadata of the eBook, such as title, author, language, publisher list price, ISBN number
How is the information transmitted?
The data is sent periodically to Adobe via a secure transmission using HTTPS.
How is the information used?
Adobe uses the information collected about the eBook you have opened in Adobe Digital Editions software to ensure it is being viewed in accordance with the type of DRM license that accompanies that eBook. The type of license is determined by the eBook provider. For more information on how each piece of data is used, please see above.

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