Wouter,

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:06:08 +0200, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

> > I
> > still could not believe for example that a microcontroller =

> > has quite the
> > similar price as a 3 way 2.5mm connector =

> =

> Things are must worse/strange than that. For some cables I can get a 5 m
> cable with two connectors cheaper than 1 connector.

Ah, you don't shop at PC World in England (obviously! :-)  They had a baske=
t full of 1.8m USB A-B cables, with a sign above saying something like =

"We keep prices down" and the price of the cables: UK=A314.95 (US$28.40, 22=
.13 Euros) !  If that's keeping them down, I'd hate to see them letting the=
m =

rise!  :-)  They weren't even gold-plated...

> Laser modules cost
> much much more than laser-gadgets that contain the same modules. =


Yes, I wanted to add a laser-line device to a mitre saw I have so I can see=
 where the cut is going to happen before lowering the blade (later ones =

have them fitted - I bought mine too early).  I looked at buying a laser mo=
dule, but the cost was ridiculous.  In the end I bought a small "Laser Leve=
l" =

which had a line-generating prism, and removed the laser and threw the leve=
l away.  Cost was about 1/8 of what I'd have had to pay for the module =

- which didn't have the line-generating prism!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England



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