[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] coco 3 on monitor Tandy MC-5

[Boisy Pitre]

Pierre/Animal Tamer,

I won't attempt to speak for Mark Marlette, but given my relationship 
with Mark and Cloud-9, I feel that I can add a few comments about 
Cloud-9's pricing.

Like any for-profit business, Cloud-9 bases its pricing on these 
factors:
  1. material costs
  2. time costs
  3. a fair profit

The particular product in question is the video cable set.  Mark would 
have to speak up about this, but I suspect a considerable amount of the 
cost is the time put into making the item.  The cable is part of a 
modular system of cabling that Mark came up with to solve a particular 
problem on the CoCo 3: the lack of an "industry standard" monitor 
connector.  In essence, you are paying $40 for two cables, not one.  
Two cables equals more parts and more time.

Given that Mark has a full time job (like myself) and has a life 
outside of the CoCo (as well as I), he has a certain fixed amount of 
time for Cloud-9, and that time has to be divided among product 
development, order fulfillment, etc.  We both enjoy doing the work that 
Cloud-9 affords us to do, but if we were to pay ourselves for the time 
we put into it, we would definitely be making less than minimum wage.  
So #2, time costs, isn't really reflected in the price of our products.

At first glance, $40 for two video cables may seem high, but when you 
think of the CoCo market as a niche market which doesn't deliver the 
volume to justify the pricing structure that we are used to getting at 
Wal-Mart and other places, you can begin understand why the prices are 
set the way that they are.  We don't have a factory, an assembly plant 
or cheap labor.  We are doing this ourselves meticulously, carefully 
and with an eye toward quality.

As for quality, that is one thing that I firmly believe makes Cloud-9 
stand out.  From our website to our hardware and software, Cloud-9 has 
consistently placed a premium on quality, and will continue to do so.  
We may not have discount prices, but our products speak for themselves.

Lastly, I say this without any intended or implied sarcasm: if you 
still feel that Cloud-9's prices aren't justified, you always have the 
option of buying the materials and making the products yourself.

Boisy Pitre



On Dec 15, 2003, at 2:44 PM, Pierre Fortin wrote:

> Me also I find that ridiculous...
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James the Animal Tamer
> To: ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com
> Sent:Monday, December 15, 2003 1:11 PM
> Subject:Re: [Color Computer] coco 3 on monitor Tandy MC-5
>
> Holy granola, they want $40 for connecting the CoCo III to a
> Commodore 1084 monitor?
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> > You can also purchase a cable from Cloud-9:
> > <http://www.cloud9tech.com/Hardware/Video%20Cables.html>
> >
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