Re: Filing Cabinets That Use Electronic Access?

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Oct 2, 11:58=A0am, "ABLE1" <royboynos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yea, you are right. =A0I spend to much time figuring out a certain projec=
t for
> someone who then decides it is going to cost too much or some other reaso=
n
> not to go forward. =A0They never seem to consider the time that I spent
> getting to that point. =A0Lately I have been throwing a written agreement=
 at
> them for T&M or some minimum charge for me to see what falls out of my
> brain. =A0 People just either don't have a clue or any consideration for =
those
> that really know how to put together what it takes to go from a idea to
> final product. =A0With your posting as well as Jim's it would seem that t=
here
> are some of use out here that can put together what "W" wants. =A0My only=
 hope
> it that we have not given him too much input for FREE.
>
> And to "W" if you can't find someone locally to do this project then you
> haven't looked hard enough. =A0We are out there. =A0We just deserve to be
> compensated for what we know as well as what we do. =A0Due to the nature =
of
> what you desire the first will be the most expensive. =A0After that each
> additional will be less expensive. =A0Depending upon the your final desig=
n
> criteria the final cost may or may not prohibitive. =A0It depends on the =
ROI
> that you desire. =A0As before you could do nothing at all and save a lot =
of
> dollars. =A0The again sharing the dollars to get what you want will certa=
inly
> help the economy. =A0Not that it needs it or any thing.
>
> Les-

I'll agree with most of what you say but least it not be said at
all  .....  I'll add this:

I don't think that making this device would be a very big project.
Mostly off the shelf items put together as a means to an end. THAT's
the easy part. Making it a marketable/profitable product is the tough,
expensive part. How much is it going to cost to get engineering
drawings, a business attorney for getting confidentiallity agreements
signed with all who work on it. Application for a patent. A patent
attorney and expediter, marketing consultant, sales means and
methods.

Minimum a few hundred thousand dollars, in an attempt to make sure it
was going to fly, which probably means outside investors. Otherwise
the minimum is to just apply for a patent and spend years of trying to
do all of the rest yourself. Trying to get a start up manufacturing
company to a point that it is profitable, without outside money, is a
VERY difficult thing to do.