[access-uk] Re: Perkins and other Braillers
- From: "Mark Threadgold" <m.j.threadgold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:45:41 +0100
Thanks Barbara, I am on a couple of the second hand selling lists so might
try it if I decide on a particular product.
Have to say the Jot a Dot seems far more useful than a Perkins for what I
want to do with it, though. And the price is much more appealing for that
matter!!
Mark Threadgold
Of all the things I have ever lost, The one I miss most is my mind...
-----Original Message-----
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Barbara Wilson
Sent: 18 July 2009 14:57
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Perkins and other Braillers
Mark, have you tried the second hand lists for someone with a perkins they
don't want any more?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Threadgold" <m.j.threadgold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:14 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Perkins and other Braillers
> So thanks for the debate on the price, guys, but are there any other
> similar
> devices out there?! I have found several others on the web but cannot
> find
> anything in the uk for comparison or price etc.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Mark Threadgold
>
> Of all the things I have ever lost, The one I miss most is my mind...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> john coley
> Sent: 18 July 2009 14:09
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Perkins and other Braillers
>
> Hi Derek, I likewise got my perkins years ago for a fraction of its
> current
> price. Although I'm with you to a degree on the supply and demand thing
> they
>
> nevertheless have a world wide monopoly, something that other companies
> don't have. Like you I paid hundreds of pounds for my first printer back
> in
> 92, and my current one was only 50, but look at the tiny share of the
> printer market each company's got.
> Another thing to consider is that unlike high tech equipment, which has
> evolved over the years, driven by competition, and so have ongoing
> research
> and development costs the perkins, a low tech thing is just the same as it
> was when they started.
> Even the new look model, which they brought out a year or so ago is the
> same old low tech. If it wasn't for the fact that if people want a braille
> writer they have to buy a perkins the price would be a fraction of what it
> is. At least now we have access to other formats, we don't need to use
> braille.
> There is also the possibility that the grossly inflated price has cut
> demand.
> John.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 12:01 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Perkins and other Braillers
>
>
> Hi John
> I agree with you partly! However, could price not depend on Supply and
> demand! The more the demand for a product, the lower The production costs
> would be.
>
> When I bought my HP laser printer about 15 or so years ago it cost me
> About £700 but now one can buy a good laser jet for about £100 or just
> over.
> So why the price drop?
> Because the demand is far higher now!
>
> So as for the Perkins, the demand is far lower now, that will Push up
> production costs.
>
> Anyway, my perkins cost about £14 pounds!
> It was given to me by my mum over 40 years ago!
> And still works great.
>
> Regards, Derek
>
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