funkstar;460122 Wrote: > > peterw;460030 Wrote: > > I don't think Logitech has much to fear from the forums. Compare a Touch > > + wallmount to common home automation touchscreens costing a bunch more. > > Touch + wallmount is still a great buy, and Logitech will probably sell > > boatloads of wallmount adapters both directly to end users and through > > A/V and home automation customizers. Sure, they'll probably lose some > > sales to the relatively few customers who tend to own soldering irons > > and RJ45 crimping tools (and lose more sales at $100 than at $50), but I > > don't think they'll be hurting.> > And you are right, pricing it at $100 > > will probably net them more > money from installers than pricing it at $20. I agree that this angle might explain the mindset behind the pricing. And yes, isolated, it may net them more money. Compared to a more reasonable/sane price.
But I do hope the brains behind this pricing have taken into account the overall ramifications this may have. For now the negative reactions are limited to a few souls on this forum. But if this somehow gets an ironic angled article on one of the big blogs/tech sites. Is it worth the negative publicity? Is it too farfetched to think that this choice in pricing will make people speculate on what choices are made behind the scenes? If they are taking $99.99 for this plastic. What choices are made for the quality of components inside the new Squeezebox products? That choice is always on a sliding scale. You have price point for your product in the marked. What components do you put inside, quality vs. profit? Whose ideology is gaining? I am not saying they are compromising yet. But they are certainly setting themselves up as targets for speculations with this behavior. For the record. I do like my Squeezebox products :) I want to continue expanding my usage of them. I still recommend them to friends. It is just that this price got on my wrong side :( Unless Logitech still has a good explanation up its sleeve. -- sveinan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sveinan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16618 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68046 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
