June 3rd, 2010 by lhaasTwo data recovery service providers have recently started offering “free” services related to electronic discovery. But, according to this article, the terms of these offers are vague — and not entirely free either. e-discovery professional working on a budget (isn’t that all of us?) may have a hard time determining their ultimate costs when taking advantage of these “free” services. So if cost certainty is an issue for you, buyer beware! Just make sure you understand what you are getting for free and what you will be paying for.
Every car dealer knows he should focus customers on the monthly payment, not the total cost of the car. Every credit card solicitation (or sub-prime mortgage, for that matter) starts with the offer of 0% interest, not the actual interest rate or fees the customer will pay after the first 6 months. The reason is simple: once you lease the car or put a balance on the credit card, it’s very hard to switch away when – as often happens – you find yourself paying much more than you should later on.
I was reminded of these examples when reading about Kroll Ontrack’s offer of “free ECA” and Stratify’s recent press release announcing “free early stage filtering” for electronic discovery. Taking each in turn…
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