good morning list I too would like a braille note taker but the cost is too great for me at moment. What frustraits me is the number of companies who are making these things these products. If there were fewer companies then the number of units per company sold would go up but even then I don't think the price per cell would go down. The longest running braille display I have heard of is my brother's tieman keybraile which was baught in 1987 and is still going fine best regards Ian Blackburn Receptionist Government Employees Superannuation board PO Box J755 Perth WA 6842 Phn: 08 9263 4111 Fax: 1800 300 067 e-mail: iblackburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx note: if including MS word files please use .rtf format and indicate in body of message sent to me thanks > ---------- > From: Tommy Craig[SMTP:tecraig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Reply To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, 22 July 2003 4:25 > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Papermeier Braillex ELBA note taker > > You are correct. I saw a post the other day about a new Toshiba laptop. They > are expecting to sell 200,000 of them per month. If a company sells 2,000 > units of a Braille display product over its entire lifetime it is considered > a big success. It takes a lot of money to do the r & D for new products. Not > to mention the support of the product after it is released. When you can > spread this cost out over several hundred thousand units it isn't so bad. > When you have to spread the cost over say a thousand units it is much more > of a problem. The other factor that is effecting prices right now is that > since most of these products are made in other countries the dollar exchange > rate is a problem. Over the past couple of years the dollar has lost about a > third of it value when compared to the euro. If this trends continues we > will start seeing price increases on a lot of things not just adaptive > technology. > > Tommy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blinux-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:blinux-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tom Masterson > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:12 PM > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Papermeier Braillex ELBA note taker > > > Remember that each braille cell in a display costs (last time I got a price) > around $125 per cell. There is a problem with the age supply and demand we > don't need enough parts to make manufaturing them cheap. So by the time you > add the cost of a case and the rest of the hardware not too mention the > labor for puting these together and other costs I don't think the companies > are making a huge proffit. Just a guess on my part. > > By the way I don't like the prices either but I don't see a way to lower > them. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "the brilliant beast" <hanksmith4@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:59 > Subject: Re: Papermeier Braillex ELBA note taker > > > > these companies need to lower there prices > > they out ragiously raise them and it sucks. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ======================================================== Standard disclaimer: Any recipient of this communication acknowledges that: * The Government Employees Superannuation Board accepts no responsibility for the contents, nor the validity of this communication; and * they do not rely on any view given unless it is properly authorised. ======================================================== _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list