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Right, but I think Access was happy letting everyone believe it was limited edition because they knew that would boost sales. And I think calling it "the third in the special edition series" of which the previous two happened to be limited runs is a bit of a strong implication that it is also a limited run. Which is a kind of underhanded marketing trick which I generally believe Access to be better than.

I'm not looking for any sort of remedy, but I would love it if whoever was responsible for the way this was marketed took this reaction into consideration the next time they're faced with something like this. The sound and quality and support and updates sell the product alone, you don't need to mislead people by omission.

And now I'd like to get back to thinking exclusively loving thoughts towards my Darkstar.

Sadly the TI got more expensive throughout its lifespan rather than cheaper (or just the same), otherwise I may well have bought another one, I could actually make very good use of it - not even the 20% off deal Access did brought it back to how much it was when I bought it. I guess they were selling it cheaper during the OS1/2 days as it wasn't completely working yet.

?? I thought the MSRP had stayed the same. I bought a Polar when they came out and I think my Darkstar was actually cheaper. Do you have numbers?

I got my TI Desktop for £1125 down from £1200, the TI Desktop now goes for just less than £1500 (which is actually down from what it was a few months ago, surprisingly). I'm certain at one point the desktop became as expensive as the polar/keyboard was originally (ie £1600ish).

I probably already said that in my country the price has always stayed the same.

There's a reason the buttons are not exceptionally "straight" and in line (they are at the same height and aligned, though) - they need to be that way so you can avoid a mis-pression every time you don't push them dead center and completely vertically, i.e. every time you press one
They would be annoying as hell and probably noisier than one could stand, too

Quoted from "AtonyB"

I got my TI Desktop for £1125 down from £1200, the TI Desktop now goes for just less than £1500 (which is actually down from what it was a few months ago, surprisingly). I'm certain at one point the desktop became as expensive as the polar/keyboard was originally (ie £1600ish).

look at the pound in '05 and see what it is at now. the reason why you see changes in price is the exchange rate.

marc

Agreed, still can't afford it, though.