It's frustrating that we can't use the product yet, but I'm sure that people's reaction here will go a long way in helping them gauge interest.
It isn't something where you say yes/no based on the number of signups.
It's so incredibly annoying, because it wastes my time, and I get to learn that they are considering charging way way way more than I'd ever want to spent, so I stop using them regardless.
It's like a lose/lose scenario. I get the impression their pitching out different money numbers to try and see response, but when you say something clearly off the wall, I just stop using your service.
I don't want there to be some possibility a month or two down the road that you're going to try and up the price to one of those insane ones you asked me about.
So far for me, "Customer Development" is the single largest turnoff for any application.
http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2008/11/what-is-custome...
But I think it's important to not think of it like a sales pitch.
I am getting "Customer Development" calls as if they are a sales pitch. As if it's okay to sort of bully me into trying to respond to the questions, like a sales person refuses to accept no.
This is incredible annoying, and it's good to see where the (good) intentions of this thing come from.
"make sure that you're learning, not selling!"