SB and HW series Levers

[van lincoln wd8aam]

You're right.  $2.00-$4.00 would be about all I can see paying for them.

I'm sure that it's cheaper to by a defunct hw101 for the knob for $50, and
have a lot of parts left over and gain the knob, than spend $10 for a knob.

I'll bet out of 100 that would like a knob, it'd break down like this:

100 willing to buy @ $2
50 willing to buy  @ $5
20 willing to buy  @ $10
5 willing to buy   @ $20
0 willing to buy   @ $30


so the maximum $'s  would be $250 or 50 purchasers @ $5 each.

Just my gut feeling

van wd8aam


At 06:27 PM 11/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi John,
>        Yep there is a fellow who has done some preliminary work on this
>subject.  To get the project started, work thru the fabrication, and
>start spittin out Lever knobs at the other end would run about $1000,
>give or take a few bucks.
>        Now considering all the time and money invested, just to break
even on
>that nominal $1000 invested, what does the Heath group think a fair
>price would be for one of these Lever knobs.  What is anybody willing to
>pay for a brand new "look-alike" knob??  Lets say..$10.00 just for
>grins.  Are there 100 folks out there willing to pony up, say $15.00
>(includes S/H) for a lever knob.....up front, to finance such a venture?
>I don't think so.......but I cud be wrong....
>        A few good natured souls went ahead on other projects such as this
and
>now have a number of items sitting in boxes, or on shelves waiting for
>all the folks who thought those projects were just great.  But when it
>came time to spend $10, $20, $30 or what ever was the price (Just to
>break even on the investment), nobody was around.
>        I know nothing about making such things, but I am willing to be a
>banker and accept any investments folks would like to make in the "Lever
>Fabrication Project", and when the Account hits $1500, the guy who knows
>how to make these things might be convinced to start production. I know
>he is not going to invest $1500 or whatever, sell 2 lever knobs and
>maybe even get a complaint that $10.00 is too high a price.....and be
>left holding all those levers.....
>        So, what say you Heath folks??
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