On 10/10/2011 9:39 AM, Leon wrote:
On 10/10/2011 8:53 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 10/10/2011 8:43 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Huh? That's 8% of the -sale- price, dude. On your $3199 Unisaw,
that'd be $255.92 plus $100 for the part, or $355 per saw. You think
that's a fair price for a self-professed crusader to end saw injuries
to get for his invention? I call it highway robbery. If all saw
manufacturers suddenly added that price to their saws, sales would
plummet immediately, with people buying used saws instead.

Agreed ... very damn few manufacturers of this type equipment, with the
regulations and "social engineering" they already have to deal with via
government mandate just to do business, have a _margin_ that will
withstand an 8% hit on each product + mandated parts.



Well if they try to absorb the cost and not pass it on to the consumer
they certainly will have problems.

Do the math on C-Less's post above ... would you, shopping for a new
table saw, buy the Unisaw for almost $3600 (the estimated cost with the
technology) versus SawStop's $3300?

Remember, Gass' saw does not have to pay the license fee since he owns
the patent.

Now, just who is it that has the opportunity to stifle competition with
an unfair advantage should the technology become mandated?

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