RE: X-10 on eBay and our prices.

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

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PS, what's an SW10G?

Paul G.



>From: "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X-10 on eBay and our prices.
>Date: Sat, 30 Jun 20ec 18:31:50 +0100
>
>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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