The product line doesn't do well if the value of the product is eroded by Retails (especially deep discounting Internet Retailers) that only want a quick buck by selling tons of them at $10 over cost. It is not good for the consumer if the product goes away due to this and it also kills support. Amazon and other companies provide no support and flood the market with cheap product that Logitech has to turn around and now support off of wholesale prices demanding to be lowered by the sellers because they are moving so many of them when actual there are more and more support cots being added.
People come into my better half's business all the time telling her that they can get the same service cheaper or 'for this price' some place else. She tells them that that is fine, then explains her products and services and why they are priced where they are at. She then says there is a reason they are at her business and not down the street at such in such. It is because one gets what one pays for and if it was just as good down the street for $40 less, they would be down the street. It is called not prostituting ones business, services, or products. They have a value to them and only they can ruin that by selling them for less then the market will bear. $300 is a fair price for the Touch. I actually think all the Squeezebox products are fairly well priced except for the Accessory Pak and the SB Radio (but I have voiced those opinions elsewhere in the Forum). Additionally by holding prices up, it allows for future products to be developed and when they come out they can keep the Touch in the lineup but lower its price at that time because the MSRP hasn't been destroyed by greedy volume sellers only interested in making a quick buck without regard to support, company name, or company reputation. The Touch was designed with an MSRP in mind and it is in Logitech's best interest to keep it as near to that as the market will allow. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Wood Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1, Vandersteen V2W Subwoofer Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Squeezebox BOOM Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81228 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
