Certainly. It would be unrealistic to expect such small scale operation to reach similar prices to these large outlets (the age old issue that affects X1000 price for instance).
The question remains though are the special decals and keycaps really worth the difference? And is it really a "Amiga keyboard" when it actually is a normal PC keyboard with some logos? Another thing I really hate is the rebranding. Eyetech did it, and so it seems does AmigaKit and A-Eon. Why is it necessary to hide the real origin of the devices sold?
I do that often. I add links and more things I forgot when I wrote the post originally. Apologies if that causes any discomfort and/or confusion.
How much do you think a new re-design from scratch will cost? I fancy it will be lot more than £19.99 for the very small production runs we would have here.
It was pretty obvious for all to see that this is a rebranded PC keyboard. It was discussed right back when the keyboard was announced. The question perhaps should be, what was your motivation for "exposing" this now when it was a) already in the public domain and b) pretty obvious anyway?
My comment about your edit was merely to emphasise where my edit commenced. No discomfort/confusion experienced.
Edit: I find some of your point of view puzzling. I see this as no different to Dell, Apple et al branding what are effectively foxconn products as theirs. Sure they may have had more design input that amigakit/A-eon, but amigakit/A-eon still have had some input with the different keycaps.
Also I might add, your post has just confirmed what I said earlier. The photo shows that a license is being paid to Hyperion. So we have:
- small reseller that you have admitted cannot compete with the big boys you linked to
- customised production run which will be small and so expensive
- license payment to Hyperion for logos etc
So Piru, in your opinion, what would be a reasonable mark-up for the above facts?
