Re: HP30S Message #2 Posted by Frank Knight on 2 June 2000, 3:16 p.m., in response to message #1 by Bill
I noticed the price of the 30s at Amazon (under 15$) but have not seen one in person yet. At that price I would expect it to be "cheap". My personal opinion is that though really cheap now at recent markdown (discontinue, I wonder)prices for 5.99 for the 6s and 9.99 for the 6s solar, these two are pretty good compared to the other offerings in this price range. I just bouht my daughter a new TI-12 for it's simplicity yet fractional functions, and it had an out of box ribbon cable/display issue, not unexpected since it is made in China as well to control cost and thus price. BTW, having spent time wandering factories in Mainland China and many other countries in the world, I can say there are great factories and poor factories in each, China included. What is it that you find distasteful about the 32sII for it's price, besides maybe the display? Same question on the 20S other than the one I know, not RPN? Most of us here of course myself included would be happy pay more for a higher value modified 42S like non-graphing programmable, but removing My Engineer Hat and putting on my Marketeer Hat I do wonder at the total size of that market opportunity (volume*potential big margin), verses the volume*margin at the lower prices on the commodity machines.
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