Here's the e-mail that I sent to e-On before I visited these forums to see if anybody else had received the same thing:

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To whom it may concern.

Your e-mail is very misleading. The only way I could get get Vue 5 Infinite
for $199 is if I owned Vue 4 Professional, and your company knows that I
don't. The price for me is $499, as you know.

But you got me to check out your site and look for that special deal that
wasn't there. If that's all that counts, you are ahead of the game. On the
other hand, you've substantially reduced the probability that I'll buy
anything from your company ever again.

I guess it all depends on how you measure success.

Best regards,

Scot A. Griffin

----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 4:05 AM
Subject: Vue 5 Infinite

Dear Scot Griffin,

A while ago, you purchased a copy of Vue 4, and we thank you for your
business. We hope that you have been fully satisfied by our products.

We would like to remind you that Vue 5 Infinite (the professional version
of Vue 5) has now been shipping for over one month.

If you haven't looked at Vue 5 yet, we'd like to invite you to check out
our latest video presentation. Please visit
e-onsoftware.com/products/vue5infinite and see what e-on's breakthrough
advances such as the new EcoSystemT technology could bring to your
production.

If you like, you can also download a free 60-day trial version of Vue 5
Esprit here:
e-onsoftware.com/products/vue5/trial

Did you know? As a Vue 4 user, you are entitled to special discounted
upgrade fees: you could get Vue 5 Infinite for only $199 (SRP: $599)!

Why upgrade? Here are 5 typical reasons:

• The revolutionary EcoSystemT technology lets you animate scenes with
  millions of plants,
• The new Global Illumination and Radiosity engines produce stunning
  visual quality,
• Multi-pass and Multi-layer rendering makes compositing easier and
  more flexible,
• Fully Customizable Shaders let you create amazing visual effects,
• Infinite procedural terrains let you create scenes with perfect
  detail whatever the viewing distance.

The press and Vue 5 Infinite customers are enthusiastic: the power and
reliability of this new version is simply amazing!

For more information on e-on software products, please visit:
http://www.e-onsoftware.com

Best regards,
The e-on software team.