Re: UK Company Aims to Automate Your Life

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One online co. you didn't mention - CyberSelect - does have a real
shop.  But you have to be a Norwich farmboy to be anywhere near it :-)

Mal



Paul Gordon wrote:

>Ah yes, seconded! - I thought exactly the same thing when I read
that... - nice to see more entrants to the marketplace, more competition,
more public exposure etc. Being charitable, I suppose being the "new
boy" they obviously feel they have to talk themselves up, but... they
are kidding themselves if they really believe that assertion... - Moreover,
if they are pinning their hopes that this will be their key differentiator
between themselves and the encumbant competition, then they are set for a
rude awakening.. Like Ian, I have found our favourite HA (r)etailers to be
never anything less than brilliant in their levels of service, availability
and product knowledge...
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>Now, if they *really* want to be different, what I'd like to see is a
real bricks & mortar shop with shelves and shelves of lovely sexy HA
kit that can be browsed & handled, - with a couple of knowledgeable
staff on-hand to answer questions, give quick demo's etc... - kinda like
Dixons, except with stuff we want to buy.... and staff who aren't PFY's
who's b*lls have only just dropped.... - You'd find me in such a shop most
weekends spending my beer tokens!!
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>From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx on behalf of Ian Lowe
>Sent: Fri 03/02/2006 11:05
>To: UKHA_D Group
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] UK Company Aims to Automate Your Life
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>I'd like to wish them well, but...
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> "Although there are some big websites serving home automation in
the UK,
>they seem to have a large catalogue of products that they either don't
>stock, or don't know much about."
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>huh?
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>Really, I only know about Laser, Lets Automate and Simply Automate -
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>that description is so wide of the mark as to be just nonsense.
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>Never seen more than the odd item out of stock at any of them, and
frankly,
>consider the levels of technical expertise available to be absolutley
top
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>My HA budget may be meagre, but I think I'll stick with companies who
don't
>take such a negative view of their competitors.
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