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sapo
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Sacramento, CA | reply to Trackman
Re: [Praise] Shining Example of Customer Support: Logitech
These days everyone wants stuff so cheap you can't sell anything long lasting as it will kill profits unless its going to be very expensive. | |
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| said by sapo  :These days everyone wants stuff so cheap you can't sell anything long lasting as it will kill profits unless its going to be very expensive. Well, the kicker is that most people computing today are, very likely, only familiar with the cheap, throwaway keyboards and mice that have been the standard for the past 15 years or so. Convincing such people that spending significantly more money on better-quality keyboards or mice is tough to do, seeing as how most (though not all) of them are content with using the stock El Cheapo keyboard and mouse that came with whatever computer happens to be on their desk.
I stumbled across this recently:
»steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml
..and thought it was an interesting project. And it seems that after this guy built the original one purely for fun, a friend of his is now turning them out on a commission basis....at $1200+ a pop. Wow.
Apparently, he's had at least a few takers, even at that price. So, yes, there would seem to be a market even for very expensive peripherals, at least among a few people. Although since I'd top out at $120 even for one of those keyboards, I don't seem to be one of them.  | |
sapo
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Sacramento, CA | Don't worry, get China on that keyboard and it will be $20 at your local Walmart. But seriously, boutique items do have decent markets out there, while we do have people obsessed with cheap stuff people always love flashy stuff with huge price tags. | |
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