RE: LV2000 demands

Omar,
        I said we might raise our prices if the price of manufacturing the
PCBs goes up.
I don't see what the problem is if we are charged a dollar more, to raise
our price by a dollar.
We also outlay a huge chunk of cash, and if we don't sell enough to break
even, we get stuck with a bunch of inventory.
We also put these charges on a credit card and we have to pay interest on
that money, which means the longer we hang on to something, the more it ends
up costing us.

Also, I don't know where you found caps for those prices you posted. (the
cheapest I have been able to find a 25V 10mF tantalum cap is $.40 in
quantities of 100+, so just that cap alone costs us $.80 per board)

Tell you what, you find us cheaper parts and you loan us the money we need
(we'll pay you back, without interest) and we will keep our prices low, or
maybe even make them lower.

-jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: omar [mailto:omar@Techsource.COM]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 4:01 PM
To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: LV2000 demands

Andrew,

You missed the point. I didn't say there was anything wrong with selling
them. I can understand if they said that they took a while to assemble or
no one else is doing this so we will up our price. I can't understand why
they would say they were increasing the price because "material costs" were
so high. I was trying to set the record straight on THAT ONE POINT ONLY.
I'm glad they went to the effort and have had a market for them.

Omar

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Wilson <andrew@hyperbole.com>
To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu <vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 12, 1998 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: LV2000 demands

>
>>So what's the point? Justify the price by saying we do what others don't
>>feel like doing!
>
> So, since when do Jeff and Anders have to justify their prices at
all?
>That's the beauty of the free market - you are free to purchase or not
purchase their
>goods, or even to make a competing product if you want. Given that you
aren't offering
>to sell your boards, why are you bothering to butt in here?
>
> I think Jeff and Anders are doing a service to those of us who are
handy with
>a soldering iron, but aren't adept enough to design and fab their own
boards. There's
>nothing wrong with their making a little money on the side - that way,
everybody wins.
>And, they make their parts list, board layouts, and schematics public, so
people who
>are so inclined can make their own. How can anyone complain?
>
> Anyhow, Jeff, I hope that one or two gripers don't dissuade you
from going
>forward with this project. Your product is appreciated by many in the
vector
>community.
>
> Drew
>
>
>
Received on Fri Nov 13 13:21:57 1998