Posted by TaskMaster on 4, 2001 at 1:47 PM:
In Reply to: Re: SlikStik (Justification) posted by Bremo on 3, 2001 at 3:21 PM:
: Everyone is entitled to their opinion to what is to pricey and what is a fare price. It really amazes me that there are so many oposing people who say that the SlikStik is to over priced. Before making such a statement do the math...
: 1.) Go to Happ's web site and price out everything, buttons and joysticks.
: 2.) Go to Betson Imperial web site and price out the trackball.
: 3.) Go to the OSCAR website and price out a model 1 spinner.
: 4.) Go to Ultimarc website and price out a I-Pac.
: now after all that footwork, go order everything and pay the tremendious shipping cost "that you need to pay to get these things to your house"
: Wait you thought you were done.
: 5.) go get a sheet of plywood, screws, glue formica.
: 6.) Make sure you have a router, table saw, drill, hole saw, jig saw, among other various tools.
: Now after you've done all that looking buying and so on, you can now prepare to spend "lets be reasonable" 72 hours of your time cutting, drilling, gluing, routing and WIRING, ohh i bet you will love doing that. Thats saying it comes perfect the first time, we didnt price in material for any mistakes.
: After all thats done, come and tell everyone here that all that work could have been saved for 20% over cost of the parts.
OK, I fllowed your post and agreed with you on all of it, until I got to the crazy number of 72 hours?!?!
More like 10 maybe 15 max. Especially if you have all of the tools already. And if you have all of those tools on hand, more than likely you know how to use them and mistakes won't happen.
But, I do agree that the price is reasonable. But that is the problem. The fact that that price is reasonable is what turns people off and make them want to build their own exactly the way they want it.