Price for the Minimig enclosure announced

[Darrin]

Good luck.  I hope you make that 50 order minimum.

[Darrin]

Poster: TheDaddy  Posted: 2008/7/21 1:10:35

 :-o

Don't worry, Alex is tighter than a Jewish Scotsman with a protected species of moth living in his wallet.  He's had a free loaner Minimig for months and is still waiting for the New Year sales to buy a PSU.   :-D

Seriously though, I did say that there would be a difference between the number of people who would say "yes, I want one" and the number who would actually pay for one.  The problems is that at £67.45 ($134.90) plus another £10-£15 S&H (£82.45/$164.90) people are going to look at what else they could get for the same money.

Deneb USB2.0 controller:  $187
Amiga 1200:  $165
Catweasel Mk4:  $124
Buddha Flash Phoenix Edition:  $61

I know it's a great looking case, but you're going to get a lot of this.

[Darrin]

&H? Is that postage and packaging?

P&P is not going to be £10-15. You are looking at more like £5-8 max. for North and South America, £4-5 for Europe and U.K.

Yes, they call it "Shipping and Handling" over here (same thing).  I was just pulling numbers out of the air based on what I get charged when I order stuff from the UK.  Is that £8 insured?

Thanks.

I am not trying to get rich Darrin, I am trying to get my development costs back, if people don't understand this then what can I do?

I know you're not trying to rip people.  You've made a professional case in limited quantities so the price is going to be high.

I have had people telling me that they were prepared to pay £160 (200 Euros) for it and people saying no more than £40 (50 Euros). You can't please everyone.

Very true.  How many have said "I'll buy one if you cange the colour to ".   ;-)

[Darrin]

I actually have a PSU, but it had an EU plug so I need a shaver adapter. Once I get myself one, I promise rapid ports of the Spectrum, C64 and Amstrad CPC464 cores (and corresponding PIC) to MiniMig.

Stop it!  You're making me drool.  :-D

Hell, if you lived close by then I'd personally BRING you an adapter.

[Darrin]

It's a Monarch butterfly I'll have you know!

LOL.  Not a blue morpho butterfly?

[Darrin]

I think that when we have write support and some more bugs ironed out then sales will jump again, however if it doesn't happen soon then it is more likely that a Minimig 2 will come along with a different form factor which won't help The Daddy's case sales.

[Darrin]

If you follow Yaqube's chats with Toni Wilen over at EAB you'll realised the guy is quite talented and motivated.

This might sound stupid, but what's EAB?    :-?

[Darrin]

Ah thanks!  Never been there.  I'll check it out.