From: Billett Mike (mike.billett@volvo.com)
Date: Wed Oct 16 2002 - 09:10:48 EEST
>...Seems perfectly understandable to me. My dad wasn't so stupid when he
>said, "usually you get what you pay for"!
But if your dad wanted any old car 6 feet wide and 12 feet long to see if his garage was big enough and if there was room for the wife, two kids and the dog... would he be best pleased if the local camel-hair-coat-trilbie-hat-wearing car dealer suggested he buy the very latest fully loaded Mercedes Benz...for 100K??
No... I thought not... but then again.. that depends on whether your father is filthy rich or not. My guess is that if the customer looks wealthy.. then a few (camel-hair-coat-trilbie-hat-wearing) vendors might try to sell him the loaded Mercedes Benz.. whilst the honest dealers will show him the ragged out cars for under $500....
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Clemons [mailto:rclemons@harvest-tech.com]
Sent: den 15 oktober 2002 21:01
To: 'Rp-Ml (E-mail)
Subject: Re: RE: Price idea for a resin/plastic model
Okay, reality check:
> Any car vs. any car...
$8999 Hyundai Accent, base model
$128,950 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class, loaded
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$119,951 Difference
> Same model cars, different grades...
$24,950 Mercedes-Benz C-Class, base model
$49,900 Mercedes-Benz C-Class, loaded
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$24,950 Difference
> Any RP technology vs. any RP technology...
$275 Stair-stepped model, built in .010" layers, +/- .100" tolerance
$6000 Polished SLA, built in .004" layers, +/- .005" tolerancing
_________
$5725 Difference
> Same RP technologies, different grades...
$600 Bubble-filled SLA from ragged out machine, .006" layers, +/- .010"
tol.
$6000 Near-perfect SLA from new 7000 machine, .004" layers, +/- .005"
tol.
___________
$5400 Difference
...Seems perfectly understandable to me. My dad wasn't so stupid when he
said, "usually you get what you pay for"!
...............................................
Ron Clemons
Harvest Technologies
www.harvest-tech.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bathsheba Grossman" <sheba@bathsheba.com>
To: "'Rp-Ml (E-mail)" <rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:45 PM
Subject: [-3.60] RE: Price idea for a resin/plastic model
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Billett Mike wrote:
> > However, an observation rather than a moan... whilst I understand
> > that the complexity of the part and accuracy we require will steer
> > the cost of the model, also that I was extremely vauge about my
> > description of the part. I have recieved "ball park" figures ranging
> > from $275 USD to $6000 USD! Quite a spread wouldn't you say?
>
> On the high side, but wide spreads do seem to be typical of the field.
> Just the other day I had a model quoted by several companies - in each
> case exactly the same part, built with the same machine, without any
> postprocessing - and got back figures ranging from $450 to over $1200.
>
> One has the feeling that many RP users are not price-conscious, and
> that as a result some companies operate in fantasy-land.
>
> All one can do is avoid them and hope the market shakes down
> eventually. It's all very well for situations where there is a lot of
> craftsmanship, but in cases where build hours are a fungible commodity
> - any working machine is as good as any other - sooner or later a
> market rate should emerge.
>
> -Sheba
> --
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>
>
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