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- Subject: RE: X-10 on eBay and our prices.
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- Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 11:51:56 +0100
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Agreed Phil!
Mike and Li have done more for HA in the UK in the last couple of years
than
a lot of people realise. While they're undoubtedly both in it t make
money
(like the rest of us at work) in both cases HA is not their primary
business
and I would imagine they're quite glad it isn't.
M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 June 2001 18:32
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X-10 on eBay and our prices.
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 t 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" t 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 t 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 t use to do what I wanted. He was a huge amount of help when
I was umm-ing and errr-ing about whether t 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 t 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 2001 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 t make their money back. But also probably >just
because
most
>other things over here are more expensive
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=306382210-01072001>Agreed
Phil!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=306382210-01072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=306382210-01072001>Mike and Li have
done more for HA in the UK in the last couple of years than a lot of people
realise. While they're undoubtedly both in it t make money (like
the rest
of us at work) in both cases HA is not their primary business and I would
imagine they're quite glad it isn't.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=306382210-01072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=306382210-01072001>M.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Phil
Harris
[mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]<BR><B>Sent:</B>
30 June 2001
18:32<BR><B>To:</B>
ukha_d@xxxxxxx<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [ukha_d]
X-10 on eBay and our prices.<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2>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 t the
group (sorry Li and Mike).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2>Homebase were just looking t 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" t 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=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
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=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2>Li
and Mike give a huge amount of support t 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 t use to do what I wanted. He was a huge amount of help when I was
umm-ing and errr-ing about whether t 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
t
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>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2>Phil</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650481617-30062001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
steve
[mailto:steve@xxxxxxx]<BR><B>Sent:</B>
30 June 2001 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>
<DIV><TT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>>Probably because it's much less used over
here, so resellers
>have to have a <BR>>higher markup t 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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