Teemore
One foot out the door
ATX .....GPX, even the names are getting to be similar,
Don't own a MD purely into creeks and pans/sluices ( that will change soon).
Just can't help thinking we're being totally ripped off in the pricing of the Minelab "premium" machine ..... At the end of the day it's just electronic circuits with a few processing algorithms thrown in (these I assume are the "intellectual knowledge" that we're paying for), the electronics I assume anyone could copy/replicate.
Micro circuits etc are pretty common these days although like metal detectors things like hearing aids are still priced at the extreme end of such items compared to other items.
So help me out here are they really so much better to demand the premium ( super premium price really) that they are asking for these units???
Can't help feeling RIP OFF every time I look at the price..
Bit like fishing 1 or 2 blokes catch a fish on one type of lure, every one else uses it and it becomes the "hero" not because the others are crap but just because everyone is using the 1 type.
WE NEED COMPETITION, please,
Cheers Tom
Don't own a MD purely into creeks and pans/sluices ( that will change soon).
Just can't help thinking we're being totally ripped off in the pricing of the Minelab "premium" machine ..... At the end of the day it's just electronic circuits with a few processing algorithms thrown in (these I assume are the "intellectual knowledge" that we're paying for), the electronics I assume anyone could copy/replicate.
Micro circuits etc are pretty common these days although like metal detectors things like hearing aids are still priced at the extreme end of such items compared to other items.
So help me out here are they really so much better to demand the premium ( super premium price really) that they are asking for these units???
Can't help feeling RIP OFF every time I look at the price..
Bit like fishing 1 or 2 blokes catch a fish on one type of lure, every one else uses it and it becomes the "hero" not because the others are crap but just because everyone is using the 1 type.
WE NEED COMPETITION, please,
Cheers Tom