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Offline RedRobin

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Re: GruppeM
« Reply #45 on: November 26, 2009, 05:24:09 pm »

Sorry Robin, that wasn't intended to be direct dig, I thought you had the VWR bonnet. As an Industrial Designer I sort of straddle the world of aethetics and form following function... A never ending internal battle between Engineer and Designer (My Masters covered both fields). And having worked in both areas (worked in branding and graphic design for a while) I can certainly appreciate where you are coming from Robin!  :drinking:


....Hey! No problem, I didn't read it as a dig and anyway you are allowed to dig or disagree with me as many others frequently do!

I noticed a while ago that I felt a certain affinity with many of your posts. It was clearly your designer genes! That's "genes" and not "jeans".

Re herd instincts and your forum name being "animal" I just added this to my earlier post : -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vItQtTZTcAk

I hope we'll meet some time  :drinking:


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Re: GruppeM
« Reply #46 on: November 26, 2009, 11:35:15 pm »
Likewise Robin. Unfortunately, despite being 15 mins from Surrey RR, I can't make this weekend which is real shame.

And my alias comes from an old association with the brand back in my mountain biking days  :happy2:

But now we are well...   :wink:
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Re: GruppeM
« Reply #47 on: November 28, 2009, 03:30:39 am »
It has finally been ordered! Its cost me in total £650 delivered to Gibraltar! Gets there in about a week and im still stuck in uni for another two weeks....cant wait to get home...will keep you guys posted :)

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Re: GruppeM
« Reply #48 on: November 29, 2009, 04:52:15 pm »
Not entirely related to the GruppeM product, but kind of to the discussion going on here (and certainly no slight at anyone's decision to get a GruppeM or any other product...) but working as an engineer, and having to deal with marketing/business people, and the outside world, I've found that it's perfectly valid and viable to have an entire business plan or strategy based upon crazy people.

Case(s) in point:
The Lamborghini is nothing more than a rebodied Murcielago - a decade old car - with some fancy graphics. They still managed to sell 20 of them at 1.1m Euros a pop.

Koenigsegg (or however you spell it) sell (IIRC) less than 20 vehicles a year - yet they're doing alright.

Bristol Cars manage to sell maybe one car a decade, yet still have got a prime location showroom in Kensington and stay alive.

Business plans based on selling at very low volumes at very high prices to crazy people work.

The Rolex analogy doesn't really work - Rolex are semi-mass market, trading on name and perceived quality. They're almost like the Porsche of watches - desirous, but common enough that they're not really rare. A more apt comparison might be to a watch manufacturer like Ulysse-Nardin, who's average watch price is 20,000 Euros or so - they're about as common as the Reventon (i.e., you'll see one or two in London or Geneva or Paris but very few elsewhere).

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Re: GruppeM
« Reply #49 on: November 29, 2009, 07:33:57 pm »
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Good point, Neo!

Long live the crazy people!



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