www.karputer.co.uk

**stevieg** · 03-11-2004, 06:12 PM

Anyone seen this?

It seems to make out that it's some special revolutionary product, and some of the claims made aren't strickly true.

The kit they sell though just looks like most people's average setup or planned setup though...

'Retail' on the site is £1750,

Same/similar PC kit from Mini-ITX.com ...
£519 assuming Epia MII, same case, 512MB, 40GB 2.5HDD, Wlan, XP Home license DVD drvie etc
+£100 for GPS mouse
+£20 for USB KB
+£220 for lilliput touchscreen
+£20 for Opus 90W
+£50 for custom volume control (i.e. custom built + profit margin)
+£250 for something like Navigator/MapPoint
==£1179
Those are all retail prices, so even with an extra 5% for the hell of it...
==£1238
and add £50 for the trouble of building it, and that's still £400 over the odds!!!

so guessing that the retail prices I've put down all have 20% on top (as well as the VAT), thats a profit of over £800 per system!

**Walleye** · 03-11-2004, 10:59 PM

only 20 pounds for the opus? jeez.. i wish it was that cheap

**stevieg** · 03-12-2004, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by Walleye

only 20 pounds for the opus? jeez.. i wish it was that cheap

Opps - that's just a typo

But you get the picture

**Blop** · 03-12-2004, 06:55 AM

if ppl are stupid enough to buy...then i say congrats to that man.
I hope people that drive bmw's and subaru buy from him and get ripped off cause they are nobs.

**PORTUGAL** · 03-12-2004, 07:02 AM

I think this company is coyote`s new Boss.

**Falken** · 03-12-2004, 07:03 AM

Ah, so that's who Coyote has done the OEM deal with.

**PORTUGAL** · 03-12-2004, 07:08 AM

Yep , it has Media Car software with a new skin.

http://www.karputer.co.uk/karputer.php?do=news

**fly_dutchie** · 03-12-2004, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by Blop

if ppl are stupid enough to buy...then i say congrats to that man.
I hope people that drive bmw's and subaru buy from him and get ripped off cause they are nobs.

I seriously wonder in what kind of excellent car you have installed your homegrown carputer, you selfmade man?

Michael

edit: Should have known, it's a Golf.

**Enforcer** · 03-12-2004, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by Blop

if ppl are stupid enough to buy...then i say congrats to that man.
I hope people that drive bmw's and subaru buy from him and get ripped off cause they are nobs.

Oiiiiiiiii!!!!!

Leave it!