FW: Re: SliMP3 & Homeseer...

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@xxxxxxx>]

Okay okay okay.
I didn't mention the price in the first place.  I was commenting on th= e
quality of the LCD.

Just because the price of the Rio was reduced to flog off end of line stuff=
does not mean the display is good for the money.
The display _should_ have been good for the original price and _great_ for<= BR> $99.

Also, at least one is willing to pay =A3150-odd a time to Kevin for his one= s,
which is rather closer to the original price than $99...

Please don't jump in to defend the Rio when it's not being 'attacked'.
It started out as a gentle rib at the quality of the display on the Rio, no= t
as a "Rio is rubbish" thread, so no need to leap to it's defence = and start
another "this is great because it was so cheap" type of argument = - this will
achieve nothing except to irriate people.

I was asked what _I_ expected and _I_ said "for the original asking pr= ice,
something that you _can_ read" - ie if I had paid 199 I would have exp= ected
a lot more - this does not mean I am trying to tell people that they should=
have expected a lot more.

Oh, and the price of the AT's and SLiMP's hasn't come down either, it is merely the fact of importing them from the US and/or bulk buying that has obtained a good price on them.

Can we just leave it there please?


Tony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 August 2002 17:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: SliMP3 & Homeseer...
>
>
> Tony,
>
> We've been through this before - the vast majority of UKHAers
> DIDN'T PAY the original asking price.
>
> Likewise, most UKHAers didn't pay the ORIGINAL asking price
> for the Audiotrons or the SliMP3s - they waited till they'd
> come down a lot.
>
> M.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BUTLER, Tony, FM [mailto:roaming@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 August 2002 16:56
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: SliMP3 & Homeseer...
>
>
> > Ah, yes, hmmm, i remember now, its LCD was obviously only designe= d
> > for debug purposes, yes thats it. They quite correctly assumed it=
> > would be hacked and we would all be controlling it with our
> > pronto's/pen tablets etc. and they were right!
>
> Yeah, they certainly can't have ever considered that anyone
> would want to
> READ anything off them. :-/
>
> > Also, what do you expect for $99
>
> Well for $99 maybe not a lot, but for the original asking
> price, something
> that you _can_ read.
>
> Tony
>
>


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