Doug Crice wrote:

> With all due respect, $500 for a single channel seismograph from a major
> company is sounds pretty reasonable for me, perhaps even a tactical
> error.  Even though Larry can set you up with an equivalent or better

Larry runs this list. He runs the web site. He designed the hardware. He
builds the hardware. He ships the hardware. He wrote the software. He
does tech support. He's a great guy working for peanuts. Kinemetrics is
some company trying to muscle in on Larry (to me). Then again they might
have actually done something new for a low price and put a warranty on
it? I don't know yet.

> $500 gentlemen is a bargain. Kinemetrics would be smart to give the
> design to Larry and refer all enquiries to him.  Larry, on the other

I'm anxious to see exactly what they "designed". My guess is very
little. I'm a pessimist though, no doubt. A bargain to me is not easy
for the seller at all. I'm not cheap, but I am poor. $500 without specs
or details cannot be defined as a bargain. I'll sell you a car for
$5,000. What a bargain! Wheels and tires are no charge. I've seen cars
costing over $1,000,000. Just think of the savings you're getting.
Suppose they spent the bare minimum to get it to work. What does that
cost? Maybe $100 plus software and design. For all I know right now,
they didn't design anything except software. 

A company is not the most admirable source of ethics these days. To
blindly offer respect for one is sad. You probably know them better than
I do. To me a company is just a bunch of people trying to make money. 

That's all I'm going to say until I see more from Kinemetrics,
Greg

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