[CUBE] Slot Load DVD-RW Drives From MCE

[Rick Rodman]

The problem, gentlemen, is that if I sell drives which go in a Cube, I 
have to (a) pay someone $60/hour to design the sheet metal; (b) come up 
with a source for the connector adapter, if needed (does anyone know?); 
(c) produce the sheet metal; (d) write a procedure and test it on at 
least two different cubes; (e) advertise it; (f) collect money and ship 
the drives; (g) deal with people who complain that they installed it 
perfectly and it still doesn't work, insist on free replacements, 
bad-mouth the product and accuse me of being a rip-off on public 
mailing lists, and all sorts of other negative mental energies.

Even if I can get the drives for $50 each, the items (a) thru (f) are 
going to add at least $50 to the price (since the entire market is, 
what, 1000 drives sold to cube owners?), and item (g) is going to make 
me say, those 1000 cube owners can jump in a lake, it isn't worth it.

I don't know what it is with you guys.  There used to be a thing called 
'netiquette', but it seems to be gone today.  I think the best thing 
for this list would be to appoint Laurie as owner of the list and let 
her moderate it and BAN people who can't express their opinions 
politely or who needlessly insult people.  We must, of course, make 
allowances for people for whom English isn't their first language.

This list has been helpful at times.  But reading it these days gives 
me a headache.  Please think before you click Send!


On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 12:01 PM, mentholiptus wrote:

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> On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 10:08 PM, Todd Masco wrote:
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>> I would ask that people stop complaining about the pricing of new 
>> products for the Cube.  As much as it pains us here, the Cube is a 
>> dead platform.  That means that it has a shrinking user base for 
>> cube-specific products, which means that vendors have to recoup their 
>> investment from a shrinking pool of sales.
>
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> I don't agree. Taking a (insert product here) that fits in laptops, 
> desktops, and cubes and adding a sheet of metal to it so it can be 
> mounted inside a cube isn't going to put a manufacturer out any more 
> than $2. Funny though, that $2 difference seems to jack the price by 
> $200-$400.
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> If you don't mind, then pay for it. I, on the other hand, am going to 
> let it be known what I'm willing to pay, especially since there are 
> sales people on this list, and people on this list reporting to the 
> manufactures of these products. Seriously, look into the actual costs 
> of these drives. When you know how much they REALLY cost, let me know 
> if you're willing to pay an extra $300, on top of the profit they 
> already made.
>
> Seriously, there's a mechanism that spins the disc, there's a track 
> and a motor to move the laser, and there's a laser....along with some 
> cheap electronics and sheet metal. A grand total of about $50 or less.
>
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> jesse
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