Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03566
To: JVernonM@aol.com
From: "George Rix" rix.g@bmts.com
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 07:10:41 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Ya wanna lay off Solarbotics?
> What bothers me here is that this price structure is part of a monopoly. That
> in itself makes the issue more pronounced. But, it would seem that many of
> you don't care that your only source of solar cells, motors, and other parts
> is a little pricey. I've found this attitude rarely in other businesses.
He most definitely does not have a monopoly, except in terms of BEAM robot
kits (I think he's the only one). I only bought solar cells and a miniball
sphere there because they were on special (it was around Christmas) and
because I couldn't find a miniball sphere the same size in my area. He has
very good motors and solar cells, but that doesn't mean he has the only
ones. I still scrape change together to get a cheap solar calculator every
now and then, but I get my motors from VCRs only. They are good, (a bit too
big for my current project), efficient motors, and I don't need pager
motors.
I just noticed how much we exaggerate here.
Anyhow, the list is NOT the place for such a discussion, so lets just drop
it.
Signing off,
Rob Rix
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