I understand.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: breaking news!


> Anthony,
>
> The reason you have to pay so much for products like the Stream is that so
> few of them are sold.  If you could sell a hundred million of them over 
> the
> life cycle of the product, then the price would come down.  As it is,
> Humanware has sold about ten thousand, and they consider that a success.
> With those numbers, you can't begin to cover the costs of manufacturing 
> with
> a $50 price tag.  I know that's not what you want to hear, but it's 
> economic
> reality.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 08:02
> Subject: Re: breaking news!
>
>
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>> Technology should b a lot more reasonable.
>>
>> I mean someone could buy a MP3 player or get one for free with almost
>> every
>> feature in the world and, we need to pay $300.00 and up for a VR stream.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 7:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: breaking news!
>>
>>
>>> Howard, there's everything wrong with that.  We have expenses unique to
>>> our
>>> blindness such as maintaining adaptive technology, transportation that 
>>> in
>>> many cases involves taxi cabs to and from work and other things.  It is
>>> nearly impossible to bare those expenses and those of daily living with 
>>> a
>>> minimum wage job.
>>> Harvey
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