Brought in from alt.lasers because it will shock, astonish and amuse many, and I want to see what kind of response it gets.....
Subject: Re: Am I mad, or is this as insane as it looks?
From: Lostgallifreyan <no-one@nowhere.net>
Newsgroups: alt.lasers
Lasers In Mind <546@287.com> wrote in news:fhq275$8b2$1@aioe.org:
> Lostgallifreyan wrote:
>> http://rswww.com
>> Search: 442-3249
>>
>> Note the power. Note the COST!
>>
>> Note also that there are no special features like single longitudinal
>> mode, the thing is purely an alignment tool. Looks like the best scam
>> I've seen all year! Five years ago people could get away with it,
>> just. Not now, surely? What's going on?
>
> The '3 mW' on the tech' sheet is actually 2mW +-20%!
>
>
Ok, this is now serious. This is a laser group with many professionals
visitng, even if they don't always post. This laser isn't even very stable.
Can anyone explain (I won't ask them to justify) this extreme excess?
WHY does some professional think they can ask £602.74 plus VAT for what can
probably be exceeded by a casual buy on eBay, or even a local market stall
by now? This laser, if a US citizen is buying, will cost them ONE THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1500) before shipping. It's a 3 mW green pointer
with no special abilities, and poor regulation. The markup on cocaine isn't
as extreme as this, as far as I know.
Why aren't alarm bells ringing? (Other than mine). Or is there actually a
racket going on, on a wider scale that no-one here wants to comment on?
Edit: Sorry Dave, but that title fitted entirely too well not to abuse creatively.