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ark_ader:

--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 08, 2008, 08:55:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 08, 2008, 05:10:59 pm ---So I can understand your point Fozzy, and I am glad you can afford one of those cabs and help make turnarcades flourish, but the prices will have to come down, especially if the gear is old P3s and not the latest and greatest for them to succeed in the long term.
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I would be buying pre cut cab kits from him not complete machines, and in relation to the cost of those at £150 each that's a very good price. Take the cost of three sheets of 8' X 4' X 18mm MDF, add at least 20 hours of my time to cut it all out and this is a good price which nobody else in the UK is beating.  I can't order a cab kit from the USA because the shipping and import duty on it would be a killer. So this is still by far the cheapest deal in the UK right now.

I really don't see any reason why his prices should be lower, when he's already the cheapest supplier over here. The guy has to make a reasonable profit out of it, and any business that thinks it can survive on a lower margin than this is quite frankly kidding itself.

Don't forget that the market over here is significantly different to the USA and everything is more expensive. If I wanted to buy even a used generic cab over here I'd be looking at over £100 ($200 USD). That's not to say that I haven't dropped on some good deals sometimes and got complete machines for £40 or so, but that's not common and it's usually from people I know.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

 

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Looking at that perspective I would agree to the cutting out wood and buying expensive MDF and B&Q. Sometimes B&Q will cut pieces for you but not to exact specifications.  Thus my point about the cabinet maker.  He can bang out the cuts in less time and in volume.

If you had a flat and no place to cut your wood, again the price can be attractive.

Its all in the numbers.  If I had a contact in Poland I bet I could get them cut cheaper and shipped, as most customer furniture manufacturers use countries where unemployment is quite high.  A job is a job, especially in rural Poland, even if the idea is sounding like exploitation.  The Sterling <-> Euro looks promising though.

Bad me.  >:D
paigeoliver:
A bit more advice relating to the rendered cabinets. If you want them there because they are possible then that is cool. Although I would really suggest a redesign on the smaller 4 player cabinet, and I would make a trackball standard on the biggest one. That is just too much panel not to have one, and anyone laying out that sort of dough isn't going to balk over the cost of a trackball.

Do a lot of the plasma sets over there have VGA ports on them? I know mine does. If so then you might want to add a showcase pedestal to your lineup that the user can just plug into their set. I ran that sort of setup at home for a long time.
Turnarcades:

--- Quote ---A bit more advice relating to the rendered cabinets. If you want them there because they are possible then that is cool. Although I would really suggest a redesign on the smaller 4 player cabinet, and I would make a trackball standard on the biggest one. That is just too much panel not to have one, and anyone laying out that sort of dough isn't going to balk over the cost of a trackball.

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The design for the 'King' will remain as is. The concept picture is not exactly to scale, so some of the proportions may be out. The reason this design exists is because most standard internal UK door frames are barely 2' wide. As most people want them in their house, I have had much positive feedback about the design. Again, this is a concept - it gives people an idea and a ball-park figure. If they want a bigger cabinet, we will modify the design to suit.

Most ideas are flexible, and if someone wanted to haggle with custom designs I would and have done in the past to a small extent. After a couple of year's experience, I can say lot of UK buyers aren't that fussed with a trackball, but I would probably throw it in if they asked.


--- Quote ---Do a lot of the plasma sets over there have VGA ports on them? I know mine does. If so then you might want to add a showcase pedestal to your lineup that the user can just plug into their set. I ran that sort of setup at home for a long time.
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I've already got a design for a pedestal/projector, as well as the 'Box Arcade' already in the line-up, so this is already covered.

FrizzleFried:
Minor suggestion...make your TURNCADES logo in your signature on this forum a clickable link so folks can click through to your website easily...

Turnarcades:
Will do....
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