RE: The Cost Of Braille Displays
- From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:01:49 -0400
Hi,
Speaking of Braille displays, I have a PACMate display that I will sell for
aproximately a fifth of the price of a new one if someone would like it. Write
me privately.
Jim
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Usability Services,
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-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 5:05 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: The Cost Of Braille Displays
Here in SA, if we can convince them that the item/unit/package is specific
to special needs, we aren't meant to pay import duties, but generally that
would mean it would in fact arrive, then get sent to customs and excise, and
you might wait a few months for them to get around to deciding...
OTOH, in 2006, came back from UK, and walked up to customs counter at
airport with KNFB Reader in my hand, and cane in my other hand, and they
just told me to get out of the way of others in the queue - pretty much
exact words they used - and I could have been a sighted person just carrying
a cane I suppose...<smile>
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Elf" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: The Cost Of Braille Displays
> other things you need check into is the us export rules to your area of
> Africa, the import rules of that area, shipping, taxes on import sales,
> etc.
>
> this is the reason that I had to turn down a lucrative contract for my
> little computer company. the purchaser was in another country, there were
> very strict and binding rules about what could be exported to that country
> in the US, the import taxes were unearthly, and the shipping cost was bad,
> I mean really bad, doubling the cost of each computer shipped over the
> rest of the costs incurred. they wanted over 300 machines, which would
> have been good for me, the cost for each machine was way out of line, and
> out of my cost range, which killed it all.
>
> so noticing that there is such a disparity is good, but you and who ever
> else you can get to work with you need to figure out why it is such a
> disparity?
>
> HTH,
> elf
> Moderator, Blind Access Help
> Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises
> Specialists in customized computers and peripherals
> - own the might and majesty of a Alacorn!
> www.alacorncomputer.com
> proprietor, The Grab Bag,
> for blind computer users and programmers
> http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kerneels Roos" <kerneels@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 1:21 AM
> Subject: The Cost Of Braille Displays
>
>
>> 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
>> Cell: +27 (0)82 309 1998
>> Skype: cornelis.roos
>>
>> "Common Sense" is not "Common Practice" .
>>
>> "The Strawberry Jam Law:
>> The wider you spread it, the thinner it gets..."
>> -- from the Java Specialist Newsletter, from a book on consulting.
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