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Price in the eye of the beholder
Unwilling to pay the $4500 or so for their previous model, I've looked into the do-it-yourself option. With a nearly $3000 price drop, and a much more acceptable size to the unit, I'll probably have one shortly. I have friends handier than I at the work necessary to make a usable version of my own. Unfortunately, their time is at about the same worth per hour as mine. Once I figure construction time, and time to finetune everything, and overcome problems along the way (looking at the link on the $50 cradle, all problems seem surmountable), and a modest amount for materials, and software ... the price doesn't seem so bad. The fact that the cost can be spread out between a number of family members, and the pricetag seems acceptable ...
But, obviously, that's me ... I won't presume to tell other people what something is worth. If it's seems outrageously overpriced to someone else, then I'll assume that for them, it is exactly that.
Mike
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