ya gotta make your sponsors happy lol.
And that is the rest of the story.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: off topic


> I stopped paying attention to Paul Harvey when he was pitching Amway.
> --Lou K2LKK
>
> At 10:13 AM 5/1/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> >the price has to do with the name, reputation and the quality.
> >In the electronics market you see this game played all the time, people
buy
> >a product because of the name and not necesarily the fact that the
product
> >is better in anyway then anything else.  DVD players for instance, you
can
> >buy a pioneer DVD player for about $100, and then next to it on the shelf
at
> >the store is one for $39.95.  They both exhibit the same general
features,
> >have the same specs but one is a name you've never heard of and there is
the
> >pioneer.  It is priced that way because if people see a higher price,
they
> >automatically expect it to be a higher quality product, have better
worantee
> >and last longer, which in almost all cases is mearly a perception.
> >Bose is a name, and has a reputation as a high end audio company so when
> >they charge 300 bucks for a set of head phones which you can buy at a
> >comparable price of $100 or less for a different name brand, that is
because
> >the consumer has allot of expectations around the product and its
quality.
> >73
> >Colin, V A6BKX
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 7:17 AM
> >Subject: Re: off topic
> >
> >
> > > And they're obscenely overpriced. You could buy a decent component
system
> > > with vastly more flexibility for less money. Remember that these are
the
> > > same people who rip you off to the tune of $300 for a pair of
> > > noise-canceling headphones that aren't worth more than about $100. All
> >that
> > > extra money just goes to pay for all that advertising.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:24 PM
> > > Subject: Re: off topic
> > >
> > >
> > > I figured that there had to be a catch.  Has anyone used the Braille
> > > remote?  I'm sure that these are nice radios, but between Paul Harvey
and
> > > Rush from what I've heard making a fool out of his listeners by
> > > demonstrating a call to Bose that has mainly been what has turned me
off.
> > > These are just radio/CD players and no tape players or anything like
that?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Harvey Heagy wrote:
> > >
> > > > Personally, I find that the sound of the Bose products is too basey
in
> > > > nature, and there is no tone adjustment control of any kind.  They
sound
> > > > good, but they aren't what Paul Harvey cracks them up to be, and I
> >highly
> > > > question their worth considering the price Bose asks for them.
> > > > Harvey
> > > >
> > >
>
> Louis Kim Kline
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