[Coco] NT :is it just me?

[Glen VanDenBiggelaar]

No insult taken Frank, I just didn't want others to think that. Yes, "new 
equipment is nice, but like I said with the multi-pak, the cost of making a 
small run (lets face it, I wont sell a thousand) of lets say 100, still came 
up with a component cost of more than $60 each Canadian, that didn't include 
assembly and a "Case" to put it in (whether it be plastic, or metal). I know 
with shopping around I maybe might shave of a few dollars, but that means I 
would have to put them at probably a $150 price point, IF i could even get 
them made. Believe me, I am not a person who can solder, I have had the 
shakes all my life, (Nothing medical, just the way it is), so even if i 
could get the parts, I would still have to pay someone to make the boards. 
With the floppy, I can do all the assembly except the metal fabrication for 
the boxes and the paint finish. I know I can just "spray bomb" them, but I 
have friends in the automotive repair business, and I can get a booth and a 
professional painter for a very good price, so why not have the paint look 
professional. Remember these are Custom Made, I am not just cranking out a 
bunch at a time to have inventory sit around. I want to make sure, that if 
you are willing to pay the price, your drive WILL be made for you. Its like 
with the computers I build. I charge a lot of money, but I refuse to use 
cheap components, because it will just comeback and bite me in the butt, 
when the machine fails, and I have to keep doing service calls on it.

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>I'm sorry for misquoting you. I meant no insult by it. My point was that 
>when
>you listed the drives you considered the price to be high. When I saw the 
>price
>that you were asking vs. what the dual drive were going for on ebay I 
>thought I
>was getting them cheap! (btw the drives work great) I think that you're 
>right
>about a lot of the people buying coco related hardware not having any idea 
>of
>what you and others are also selling it for.
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>I think the idea of putting together new drive, multipaks, etc is a great 
>idea.
>After all they're no longer being made and the case of things like floppy 
>drives
>what's out there won't last forever. Even once common items like multipaks 
>are
>becoming rare and expensive on ebay.
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>Frank
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