Re: Nigel's gratuitous troll

["paul gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

What about if the TV cost more than the carpets?.....

;-)

Paul G.


>From: "Harrison, Mark (Alliance)"
<Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Nigel's gratuitous troll
>Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 18:28:36 +0100
>
>I think you put your finger on the gap between us with the paragraph
>that started:
>
> > I'm not really articulating myself properly, but my basic point
is
>that
> > for domestic home automation, you are never going to sell a
system to
> > ordinary people that needs a re-wire of their house and
everything
> > plugged in twice.
>
>Even given your argument that the lack of mass-market acceptance will
>keep prices high (with which I totally agree), what _I_ personally want
>is the _best_ system I can get, and am prepared to pay a price for
that.
>The price is not just money, but also time (research rather than going
>to Maplins, let alone actually building stuff!), and "hassle"
(a factor
>I consider separate from time, and includes things like "wife's
reaction
>to putting temporary holes in the plaster".)
>
>Just turning to the money, however, I would be interested to know how
>much people have "invested" in home automation, but want to
put a spin
>on the question:
>
>So come on all you hard-core HA-ers, have you spent:
>
>- Less than the price of your TV?
>- More than the price of your TV, but less than the price of your
>carpets?
>- More than the price of your carpets, but less than the price of your
>car?
>- More than the price of your car?
>
>Regards,
>
>Mark Harrison
>European IT Manager, BP/Bovis Alliance
>Tel: +44 20 8869 1439
>Fax: +44 20 8423 7711
>
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