I concur with the frustration expressed here. I love my Squeezebox but
it is almost as if the sales/marketing department and the web site are a
1 person shop.
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HeavyB
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HeavyB;510928 Wrote:
it is almost as if the sales/marketing department and the web site are a
1 person shop.
Looks more to me like a 2 person shop, with each one out to undermine
the other
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aubuti
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aubuti;510942 Wrote:
Looks more to me like a 2 person shop, with each one out to undermine
the other
Actually I think it -was- a one or two person job for slimdevices.com..
it's when Logitech corporate took the ordering on theselves that it got
screwed up. A combination of 'one size fits
snarlydwarf;510956 Wrote:
Some things are better done by small groups.
Don't blame this on size. Amazon does a fine job of selling stuff. This
is an issue of competence.
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bruce
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Well incompetence, frankly with the investment in portfolio development,
somebody should get sacked for the whole communications / market
experience.
It's not the developer's jobs to inform and educate.
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DaveWr
I have always appreciated Logitech's efforts to make Squeezebox a more
mass-market product, but their current marketing is likely to confuse
the heck out of anyone who isn't already a devoted Squeezebox follower.
Others have written about the pathetic Squeezebox displays at retailers;
I'll just
bruce;510360 Wrote:
- Neither site gives an estimate for when the Touch and other future
products might be available. (Don't even get me started on the idiocy of
discontinuing the flagship product months before the replacement is
available.)
It would be somewhat difficult to continue
My main rant was about poor marketing rather than the discontinued
Classic. But a basic part of product management is ensuring that your
company can continue meeting customer demand for a product, or having a
replacement ready.
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bruce
I am also astounded by the disarray of Logitech's SB web presence.
www.logitechsqueezebox.com was created as the successor to
www.slimdevices.com, and had links to the SD online store. Only a few
months later all sales -- and apparently all web development attention
-- were moved to the mother
bruce;510378 Wrote:
My main rant was about poor marketing rather than the discontinued
Classic. But a basic part of product management is ensuring that your
company can continue meeting customer demand for a product, or having a
replacement ready.
I'm sure the EOL'ing of the display was no
bruce;510360 Wrote:
It's not easy to market a product that combines the worlds of audio,
computing, networking, and open source software. I admire Logitech for
trying and am happy to cut them some slack in their product design and
messaging. But they need to work extra hard to do what they
Well I hope the sales channel - dealers and distributors are more
understanding. At best a confused market story.
No product to sell for months... no wonder Sonos etc are a growing
presence. No dealer can afford to be reliant on Logitech Squeeze
products for earnings, historically inventory
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