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I wasn't suggesting you where ripping anyone off but it seems to me that =
somewhere along the line sombody is. Many times over. The last lamp
modules=
i bought where 4 dollars each.
I still feel the cost is a factor in holding back X10 in the UK and for s=
o long.
Yes i agree that on some individual kits homebase will have made a loss b=
ut not overall on the quantaties and X10 range they have shifted. Some of
t=
hese kits where oringinally as i recall somewhere around 100 quid.
From the retailer i worked for the discount on basic x10 modules was appr=
ox 7 quid. With discount there was always profit left................ Room
=
for a price cut ?
----- Original Message -----=20
From: K. C. Li=20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 20ec 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] X-10 on eBay and our prices.
> It certainly is the reason i have never puchased a uk x10 module.
> Yet i have approx 30 X10 units here.
I respect your reasoning but if you are suggesting that the high price of
X-10 modules in the UK is the result of UK HA companies ripping people
off, you are very much mistaken.
> Having briefly worked in uk retail i seriously doubt homebase have
> made any loss on the x10 kit overall.
That depends on how many kits Homebase has sold beforehand. The factory
price, no middleman but directly from the factory in X-10 Hong Kong/China=
,
for a single UK appliance or lamp module is over =A310 if purchased in
quantities of many thousands. This price doesn't include additional costs
that have to be added such as transport, import duties, insurance,
packaging, etc. I don't know which high-margin UK retail business you hav=
e
been involved in but even companies the size of Homebase will not be able
to avoid making a loss on the current price they are selling their X-10
products at.
Regards,
Kwong Li
li@xxxxxxx
Laser Business Systems Ltd.
http://www.laser.com
____________________________________
Automated Home UK
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">I wasn't suggesting you
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but it seems to me that somewhere along the line sombody is. Many times o=
ver.=20
The last lamp modules i bought where 4 dollars each.</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">I still feel the cost is a
factor in hold=
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back X10 in the UK and for so long.</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">Yes i agree that on some
individual kits=
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homebase will have made a loss but not overall on the quantaties and X10 =
range=20
they have shifted. Some of these kits where oringinally as i recall somew=
here=20
around 100 quid.</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">From the retailer i worked
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basic x10 modules was approx 7 quid. With discount there was=20
always profit left................ Room for a price cut
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<A title=3Dli@xxxxxxx href=3D"mailto:li@xxxxxxx";>K. C.
Li</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B>
Saturday, June 30, 20ec 9:05=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [ukha_d] X-10 on eBay=
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our prices.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>> It
certainly is the reason i have nev=
er=20
puchased a uk x10 module.<BR>> Yet i have approx 30 X10
units=20
here.<BR><BR>I respect your reasoning but if you are suggesting
that the =
high=20
price of<BR>X-10 modules in the UK is the result of UK HA companies
rippi=
ng=20
people<BR>off, you are very much
mistaken.<BR><BR>> Having=
=20
briefly worked in uk retail i seriously doubt homebase
have<BR>> made =
any=20
loss on the x10 kit overall.<BR><BR>That depends on how many
kits Homebas=
e has=20
sold beforehand. The factory<BR>price, no middleman but directly from
the=
=20
factory in X-10 Hong Kong/China,<BR>for a single UK appliance or lamp
mod=
ule=20
is over =A310 if purchased in<BR>quantities of many thousands. This
price=
=20
doesn't include additional costs<BR>that have to be added such as
transpo=
rt,=20
import duties, insurance,<BR>packaging, etc. I don't know which
high-marg=
in UK=20
retail business you have<BR>been involved in but even companies the
size =
of=20
Homebase will not be able<BR>to avoid making a loss on the current
price =
they=20
are selling their X-10<BR>products
at.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Kwong=20
Li<BR>li@xxxxxxx<BR>Laser Business Systems
Ltd.<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.laser.com";>http://www.laser.com</A><BR><BR></TT><BR><T=
T><BR><BR>____________________________________<BR>Automated=20
Home UK<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.automatedhome.co.uk";>http://www.automatedhome.co.uk</A=
><BR>____________________________________</TT>=20
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Automated Home UK<BR>
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____________________________________</tt>
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