squeezyjim;536101 Wrote: > Interesting thread... > > The bottom line is, as someone pointed out in an earlier post, the > internet is a great way to allow the consumer to uncover these devious > marketing strategies and make a conscious decision based on that > knowlege. If Logitec are smart about it they will react and make sure > that the EU (and everywhere else for that matter) gets the same > treatment as the US market PDQ or they will be punished (i.e. lose > sales and get a bad rep). > > I simply don't buy the bland capitalist argument 'let the market > decide' as over the years I have heard this phrase banded about (not > least by a certain M Thatcher hundreds of IT years ago) and seen it > proven to be no more than horse manure. > > As long as any company has a niche (as most companies do by > definition), or in other words a monopoly in a certain market area, the > 'rules' of market forces simply don't apply. The Squeezebox range is > pretty unique in its capabilities, so it is effectively a monopolistic > market, but it wont be long till someone thinks, "Hey, I can make a box > that does all that and more, looks better for less money" and then you > might see 'Market Forces' at work. And only then, if you abolish all > copywrite and patent laws, which inevitably skew the market. > Capitalists seem to want it all ways these days. > > But while all this amateur economics is quite interesting to read, none > of it is relevant to the OP; the point is that us Europeans are pretty > darned miffed about being treated as fools, made to wait longer than > ONE country in the world without any clear reason and then expected to > cover the loss they lead in that country. > > Why is this necessary, if all the units come from China anyway? Well, > its not, its just the usual short sighted and foolish marketing > strategy of a multi national corporation. (Most of the suits in > corporations appear to have never heard of the internet it seems - see > Music Industry). > > Bad PR is very costly, so moaning in a forum like this /should/ make a > difference. I wouldn't be very surprised if they didn't read them, to > be honest, but they absolutely should if they care about PR. For > goodness sake, its FREE MARKET RESEARCH DATA!!!! This is exactly the > same kind of data which they pay the likes of Facebook millions of > dollars for; possibly even more concise and useful. > > The point is, Logitech should sit up and listen before some clever > person comes along with a better product for less money and blows them > out of the water, but until that guy comes along, they will screw us > Europeans simply because they can. But make no mistake, it is > ultimately YOU who decides to get screwed or not. > > Cheers > Jim > > (PS: Touch is still NOT available anywhere for purchase in Holland, via > Logitech's own discriminatory extortion rackets or not)
? :confused: But [B Logitech's own discriminatory extortion rackets(TM)[/B] has it on. * the Swedish site approx 350 euro * the german site 300 euro * and actually on the nederland site see this link http://www.logitech.com/nl-nl/speakers_audio/wireless_music_systems/devices/5745 approx 300 euro * UK 259 GBP It's all over Eu at -extortion rackets(TM)- prices but anyway :) Actually you can get it from any logitech Eu site if you live in Eu . So logitech NL has it and if not any other site will what about for example ripcaster in UK or google, they are everywhere. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe'Primare and Dynadio speakers (including a pair of Contour 4 ) Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77371 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
