Re: X-10 screen control switch (SW10G)

["andy_powell_is" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@v...>
wrote:

> future of X10 over here ... Our frantic scrabble to Homebase last
year
> for the cheap X10 kits possibly sent the wrong messages back to X10.

I hope the message that got back to them was 'your stuff is too
fu*king expensive' - especially for your ordinary guy/gal on the
street.. Why should they pay 40 quid for a light switch? especially
when normal ones are at most a tenth of that. If X10 Europe want a
bigger market they have to reduce the costs ... in my opinion we are
paying for all the work they did originally and X10 Europe are
basically taking the pi*s.

Quite frankly there is no reason that prices shouldn't be the same as
the US. If you look at Ido Bartana's site you'll see that the changes
>from
testing and all that but they have to look to the future... times are
getting hard for everyone, X10 is a luxury, and luxuries are one of
the first things to go when money is tight. When I say luxury, in
this context I'm not talking ya posh frock type of thing I'm talking
about the fact that it's basically a light/device switch.. everyone
has to have them but if it's the difference between 40 quid and a 2
quid you know what will happen...

..... oh dear, I think I went into a bit of a rant... :O

Andy