The Cost Of Braille Displays
- From: Kerneels Roos <kerneels@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:21:47 +0200
Hi Everyone,
I couldn't help but notice a post in which a claim was made that FS can
manufacture and ship a 40 cell Braille display for around $400.
In South Africa where I live, a new Focus 40 Blue is about the most
affordable 40 cell display one can find and it sells for around
R 27,000which is about
$ 3,857 given a exchange rate of R to $ of 7 to 1.
What is going on here?
But let's double the initial cost to $ 800 just in case, and somewhere,
somehow you still have:
$ 3,857 - $ 800
= $ 3,057
which is 79.25 % of the final cost.
What is going on here?
The average price however for a 40 cell display is nothing less than
R 31,000 which is
$ 4,428
and the FS Focus 40 Blue is just a really good value item one (in our
market of course) i if you can call it such...
What is going on here?
The system is broken and the system is not benefitting the majority,
therefore the system must change.
The system can only change if the end users exert pressure.
Notice "the system". It's no individual's company as such.
What can we do??
--
Kerneels Roos
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Skype: cornelis.roos
"Common Sense" is not "Common Practice" .
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The wider you spread it, the thinner it gets..."
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