Not Many Segway Sales
from the not-looking-good dept
It seems that plan A for getting those Segway scooters to market has hit a bit of a snag. While plenty of places are testing them (including the San Francisco post office, starting next week) no one has been willing to place an order. In fact, a number of those who tested the scooters decided they're not worth the money. The initial strategy had been to get police departments, post offices, and large corporations to buy up the first batch to convince people they were trustworthy. Part 2 of the plan was to then release a cheaper consumer version. So what will Segway do if no one buys any of those initial scooters?
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Too expensive!
On a related topic, does anyone else think it's ironic that the post office is raising stamp prices (again) because they can't make a profit but also are sinking money into Segways?
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Re: Too expensive!
Nope. I consider the "need" to subject mail to gamma rays to 'protect us all from anthrax' to be a far bigger issue.
The Segway has 2 problems. The 1st is cost. The 2nd is the legality of the device for more than a 'fun' toy....if you want to use it as transportation device, it has to be legal to use. DEKA/DEan/Segway is working on both. The 2nd part won't matter if they can't get the 1st part figured out.
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Novelty
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