SB and HW series Levers

[Multi-Volti Devices (Murray)]

Although I heard somethere at Heath that roughly 30000 HW-101's were
sold...maybe the market has to be found...maybe on eBay you could get $600
apiece..oh, no that was government hammers or toilet seats, I forget.

Murray
----- Original Message -----
From: van lincoln wd8aam <vlincoln at EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: SB and HW series Levers


> 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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