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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: NorrisB on Sun, 15 January 2012, 19:01:17

Title: Whats the demand like for IBM Space Saving keyboards? vote in poll
Post by: NorrisB on Sun, 15 January 2012, 19:01:17

If you paid $100,000 to retool and bring it back to life, how long would it take to get a return on that investment?  Im thinking you would sell 1-2 a week at $130 so that would be 100 per year, making about $10,000 a year.  I kind see why Unicomp does not want to reproduce these again, any disagree with these numbers?

vote here:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?26127-If-Unicomp-released-a-IBM-Bucking-Spring-TKL-how-many-would-sell&p=491298#post491298

Title: Whats the demand like for IBM Space Saving keyboards? vote in poll
Post by: cactux on Sun, 15 January 2012, 19:05:06

^ How did you come out with such numbers?

Title: Whats the demand like for IBM Space Saving keyboards? vote in poll
Post by: NorrisB on Sun, 15 January 2012, 19:06:16

Someone emailed Unicomp for the retooling costs in another thread and I guessed the rest.

Title: Whats the demand like for IBM Space Saving keyboards? vote in poll
Post by: cactux on Sun, 15 January 2012, 19:11:58

^ Is hard to forecast there sale volume.

Title: Whats the demand like for IBM Space Saving keyboards? vote in poll
Post by: NorrisB on Sun, 15 January 2012, 19:14:23

The question Im asking is how many DO YOU geekhack.com expect that they would sell in a year and at what price?

Title: Whats the demand like for IBM Space Saving keyboards? vote in poll
Post by: keyboardlover on Sun, 15 January 2012, 19:14:55

It's geekhack.org.

Title: Whats the demand like for IBM Space Saving keyboards? vote in poll
Post by: NorrisB on Sun, 15 January 2012, 19:26:37

I think we can all agree that this keyboard will never be brought back to life, just not enough demand to warrant the investment, since you guys obviously have nothing to add I'll just go ahead and close this.

Title: Whats the demand like for IBM Space Saving keyboards? vote in poll
Post by: NorrisB on Sun, 15 January 2012, 20:42:04

Just go ahead and vote in this poll http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?26127-If-Unicomp-released-a-IBM-Bucking-Spring-TKL-how-many-would-sell&p=491298#post491298

things have to be done stupidly simple