This is the worry I had, would we sell 10 never mind 50 or 100. I would really like to commit to 100, which would make getting the logo a reality, which I think is the thing that will make the item a bit more personal, and also sellable to the QL community. It will set it apart from the ton of other USB sticks that are available everywhere.
On the plus side, there has been a flurry of positive emails and commitments from quite a few people to buy one or even several. Thank you, this is the sort of thing that will encourage me. I will try and get something to John mason in the coming days - I want to contact a few more people (beta testers, and some programmers) to make sure I have a team on board before committing as I don't have the time to do this on my own anymore. Cheers, Darren. -----Original Message----- From: gwicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 May 2005 19:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Software behaving badly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Branagh" To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:40 PM Subject: RE: [ql-users] Software behaving badly > To be honest though, the fear I have is how many we'd sell. I would need > to > commit to buying at least 50, but more likely 100, to get decent pricing > on > the sticks. Typical price when available shouldn't exceed 15 pounds. Will > we > sell that many? > This is the problem Quanta has with this project. Even 5 - 10 years ago the rule of thumb for the maximum viable production run for a hardware project was 50 units. Today even 50 may be too many. This is the reason we have asked Darren to give us some idea of costings, Best Wishes, Geoff _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
