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RE: X-10 on eBay and our prices.
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- Subject: RE: X-10 on eBay and our prices.
- From: "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 20ec 18:31:50 +0100
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The problem is that the HomeBase clearout was at below trade prices ... I
bet both Laser and Lets have noticed a drop off in the sales of X10 modules
to the group (sorry Li and Mike).
Homebase were just looking to move the stock out of the door and were
basically giving it away ... there's little awareness of what X10 can do
and
I find the usual example of "you can switch your coffee maker on
automatically in the morning" to be quite insulting and even
dangerous. If
you look and see what people have done with their X10 systems then it's
quite amazing but your average Joe in the street tends to shy away from
anything that seems technical.
Lower prices are well and good but if noone is making any money on what
they
sell then we kill of the market that we want to save ... IMHO I actually
get
a bit worried when I see Mike and Li dropping prices on kit because we need
these guys so that we can get the "toys" that we crave. If it
wasn't for Li
and Mike then where the hell would I get my SW10G X10 controllers for my
electric projection screen? Where would I get my LD10's? Not from Homebase
that's for sure.
Li and Mike give a huge amount of support to this group and I have learned
a
huge amount from Li in particular ... he's hand-held me through my first
real screw-ups and absolute mis-comprehensions as to what I could do and
what I needed to use to do what I wanted. He was a huge amount of help when
I was umm-ing and errr-ing about whether to buy a HomeVision. The market
will grow and it will grow slowly but we'll need the Mike's and Li's of the
business to bring the newbies into the fold until they find groups like
this
where they can ask questions of everyday users and let them get on with the
job of getting in more addicts.
Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: steve [mailto:steve@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 June 20ec 16:10
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] X-10 on eBay and our prices.
Is it used less because it is expensive ?
The recent homebase clearance has shown it would sell in greater volume at
lower price.
>Probably because it's much less used over here, so resellers >have
to
have a
>higher markup to make their money back. But also probably >just
because
most
>other things over here are more expensive
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<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-300620ec><FONT face=Arial
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problem is that the HomeBase clearout was at below trade prices ... I bet
both
Laser and Lets have noticed a drop off in the sales of X10 modules to the
group
(sorry Li and Mike).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-300620ec><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-300620ec><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff
size=2>Homebase were just looking to move the stock out of the door and
were
basically giving it away ... there's little awareness of what X10 can do
and I
find the usual example of "you can switch your coffee maker on
automatically in
the morning" to be quite insulting and even dangerous. If you look and
see what
people have done with their X10 systems then it's quite amazing but your
average
Joe in the street tends to shy away from anything that seems
technical.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-300620ec><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-300620ec><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Lower
prices are well and good but if noone is making any money on what they sell
then
we kill of the market that we want to save ... IMHO I actually get a bit
worried
when I see Mike and Li dropping prices on kit because we need these guys so
that
we can get the "toys" that we crave. If it wasn't for Li and Mike
then where the
hell would I get my SW10G X10 controllers for my electric projection
screen?
Where would I get my LD10's? Not from Homebase that's for
sure.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-300620ec><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-300620ec><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Li and
Mike give a huge amount of support to this group and I have learned a huge
amount from Li in particular ... he's hand-held me through my first real
screw-ups and absolute mis-comprehensions as to what I could do and what I
needed to use to do what I wanted. He was a huge amount of help when I was
umm-ing and errr-ing about whether to buy a HomeVision. The market will
grow and
it will grow slowly but we'll need the Mike's and Li's of the business to
bring
the newbies into the fold until they find groups like this where they can
ask
questions of everyday users and let them get on with the job of getting in
more
addicts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-300620ec><FONT face=Arial
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size=2>Phil</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
steve
[mailto:steve@xxxxxxx]<BR><B>Sent:</B>
30 June 20ec 16:10<BR><B>To:</B>
ukha_d@xxxxxxx<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ukha_d] X-10 on
eBay and our
prices.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><TT>Is it used less because it is expensive
?</TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT></TT> </DIV>
<DIV><TT>The recent homebase clearance has shown it would sell
in greater
volume at lower price.</TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT></TT> </DIV>
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size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>>Probably because it's much less used over
here, so resellers
>have to have a <BR>>higher markup to make their money
back. But also
probably >just because most <BR>>other things over here
are more
expensive<BR><BR></DIV></TT><BR><TT><BR><BR>____________________________________<BR>Automated
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