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| VMS - 5/8/2019 7:15 AM
Electronics? Holy crap!! The components that go into them are nowhere near what you pay for the product and most of that will be done by computer for creation (circuit boards, programming software, etc.). I just don't see how a $2500 locator has more than $250 worth of components in it... It's like Beats headphones. $300 for a product that cost $25 to build.
You're right about the Beats headphones, they are selling the brand/prestige and are actual junk. I disagree with your point about "most of that will be done by computer for creation (circuit boards, programming software, etc.)". Are you saying that computers now design software and electronics on their own and you just have to press a button? That programmers and computer engineers are overpaid? That any idiot could design a side-imaging fish finder for minimum wage? That R&D costs shouldn't factor into the sale price of a product? If you want to argue that profit margins on fishing electronics are too high for your taste I'd love to see a typical cost breakdown. And if they're overcharging then get yourself into the industry and undercut them and you'll make boatloads of money (pun intended). |
