Re: Bulk Buy, anyone?

["Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxx>]

God damm it SWMBO is going to kill me i promised not to buy any more toys
-
ukha_d is really bad for your health :)

Kind Regards,
Chris Bond
----- Original Message -----
From: "White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:51 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Bulk Buy, anyone?


> I'll start the ball rolling then, based on a notional 20 units. 
Depending
> on how it pans out, I might be able to handle the whole thing, but
it
looks
> like I'm being lined up for a project that might keep me away from
email/web
> for about 4 days a week, so we'll have to see.
>
> Anyone wanting to read a review might want to check out the
excellent
> eopinions site at
>
> http://www.epinions.com/content_78309199492
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 October 2002 09:49
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Bulk Buy, anyone?
>
>
> Peter,
>
> That would be fantastic if you could kick off proceedings...
>
> As far as I'm concerned, if you want to do the full organisation of a
BB,
> you're welcome... but if you're not prepared to commit to that amount
of
> work, then handling the negotiation would be a superb help.
>
> Note that I'm NOT committing to that amount of work either... I'm
figuring
> that if we can get an offer on the table, then a volunteer will appear
to
> organise it :-)
>
> M.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 October 2002 09:30
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Bulk Buy, anyone?
>
>
> I've been doing a bit more digging.  From the sites linked from
the Roomba
> site, 2 of them ship internationally...
>
> http://www.hammacher.com/publish/66632.asp
want 16% shipping - about ?21
per
> unit (stock levels not shown on web site)
>
> http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview.jhtml?sku=IR105
do
> ship, but no prices or stock info available.
>
> Brookstone do not ship outside of the US, but do accept
international
> billing addresses, so if anyone has a friendly contact willing to
take
local
> delivery and forward on....
>
> It's runs on rechargeable batts (stating the obvious, it's hardly
going to
> run on petrol!), but I've not been able to find any details on the
charger,
> i.e. is it a multi-voltage jobbie - anyone know?
>
> Mark - I've not emailed anybody to check stock levels and see what
discounts
> would be available for a BB - do you want me to?  I suspect
discounts will
> be low, just because demand is currently outstripping supply.
>
> Pete
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 October 2002 18:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Bulk Buy, anyone?
>
>
> That's exactly how I phrased the question (I quote "Can you let
me know if
> you have a UK distributor for the Roomba cleaner, or whether you
are
> currently seeking a distributor?") partly with the thought in
mind that
the
> supplies section of the company I work for might want to look at this
type
> of thing (they didn't!).
>
> I only sent 1 email, so didn't try very hard, but judging from the
supply
> problems they're having in the States, they've got their hand full
just
> supplying the local market.
>
> Pete
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 October 2002 17:26
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Bulk Buy, anyone?
>
>
> Pete,
>
> I was thinking that we might position any approach to iRobot as
"we'd like
> to BECOME a supplier" :-)
>
> M.
>
>
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