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Why the hell do they start around £70 and then go up from there?

The only ones that are cheaper than "ridiculously expensive" turn out to need to plug into a handset rather than just connecting to your phone system.

As DECT handsets can be had for £25, I can't think of any good reason that there isn't a cheap headset out there - presumably they're mostly used by businesses, who are willing to be gouged for no reason...

Date: 2010-02-02 10:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] simont
I wondered the same thing a few years back. I think I reached the same conclusion too :-)

Date: 2010-02-02 11:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paddie-gal.livejournal.com
we sell them. they're CRAZY money. I can't remember how much the one I use cost us, but it was triple figures.

Date: 2010-02-03 07:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] call-waiting.livejournal.com
Because not many people buy them. They're low-volume products, certainly in comparison with a regular DECT phone. The engineering cost of designing something must be amortised across the sales life of the product. Even if something costs half the price to design but still only sells a quarter of the volume, you have to charge twice the price to make the same profit.

Date: 2010-02-03 09:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robhu.livejournal.com
I find this explanation reasonably convincing.

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