Originally Posted by
racer1812
It is, or was, a compatible product. Is MyLaps not allowed to make changes to their own system, for whatever reason? If those changes render MRT's obsolete is that MyLaps fault or issue? You obviously support MRT, I don't, fine not the issue. Can you honestly blame MyLaps for doing what they did from a business standpoint?
We also need to remember that neither of these companies are based in the US so our patent laws don't apply to them
Originally Posted by
racer1812
I'm still waiting for someone to argue the business aspect of the whole thing.
If you can't fault MyLaps from a business standpoint, how can you really complain?
I personally have a dollar figure that makes a PT a product I won't buy based on the use and "perceived value" I get from it, but it's well above a hundred bucks. Based on a product I can use for many years.
I'm always willing to debate points, just don't focus on one aspect. Look big picture...Address the many points I made in my original post..
Agreed. Again, my initial complaint was based on the now misinformation in regards to the AMBrc/dp which are not yet so long in the tooth.
@EricW,
Please reference all my previous posts in here to understand the validity of my concerns and issues with MyLaps. None of what I've posted is in any way absurd or off base. As well, I too have paid $100 for my PT's, but would prefer they didn't cost that much. Nothing wrong with that. No one goes to an automobile dealership with the mindset of I'm so going to pay sticker price for that baby and like it!!!
To further drive my point in the hopes some of you realize what's most concerning about this in my eyes…
It takes considerably more R&D and engineering to produce an OLED monitor (it's in the tens of millions) and the cost for production trumps a little transponder about ten thousand fold. Yet, I can buy a monitor of this type for $5 less than a damn transponder? That should make sense to no one!
You guys make it seem like Lap timing systems are some super high tech space age technology when in fact it's quite simple. A sensor than registers when a transponder passes over it. Wow Rocket Science. I realize AMB/MyLaps took the initiative to develop and standardize their systems for a broad range of competition, including RC, but to suggest a transponder @ $120 is not overpriced is preposterous. Yes they are a business and as such they are in it to make money, which is totally understandable, but I am also educated enough to know how much things cost to produce.
And I don't have short arms and deep pockets. Just someone who works hard to earn a living and am cautious as to how I spend my pennies.