OT1 (I think) Bargain Cessna Parts, was RE: X-10 on eBay and our prices.

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Go on ... let us know how much then if it's in any way a
"bargain" then I
can go out and buy one...

...I need it about as much as all the other stuff I buy! *grin*

(Oh craps ... need to change the topic.)

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 July 2001 00:58
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X-10 on eBay and our prices.
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have only be "doing" HA for a short while but in that time
I
> have found Li
> t  be very helpful beyond the call of duty, now call me old
> fashioned but I
> always try and spend my hard earned cash in this country to keep us
all
> employed, but when you add the helpfulness of Li and his lady
> wife then the
> kit is even more worth the money.
>
> Li is not there for his good health he is there t  earn a living
> t  be able
> t  buy an Island to retire too! (so he tells me...)
>
> I never buy kit from anyone who is ignorant, I have t  like them
> first, not
> always an economical way t  shop but I like decent honest people and
there
> are certainly a lot of them subscribing t  this site.
>
> Talking of costs of things, have any of you ever bought an exhaust
system
> for a Cessna C172 light aircraft?....... no wonder flying is so
> expensive in
> this country, blame the CAA (Campaign Against Aviation), sorry CAA,
they
> actually d  a great job of ensuring flying in this country is SAFE
despite
> what the press will have us think (sorry I digress....).
>
> Just my little rant.
>
> Be good,
>
> B.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: K. C. Li [mailto:li@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 30 June 2001 21:05
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > 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 d ubt
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 £10 if purchased
in
> > quantities of many thousands. This price doesn't include
> additional costs
> > that have t  be added such as transport, import duties,
insurance,
> > packaging, etc. I don't know which high-margin UK retail
> business you have
> > been involved in but even companies the size of Homebase will
> not be able
> > t  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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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