See message #30853 New policy: invoicing all foreign shipments
``Every order sent will have an invoice for the amount you paid`` --
this means I will have to pay VAT for ∗that∗ amount (including postage
costs). Sorry if I misunderstood here something.
Anyway,I can not afford to buy (and then sell) crap and toys of fashion.
MOTM was/is the most inexpensive quality modular synth I can get.
I think I am only one in my country with MOTM synth, and there is a
reason for that :(
I am still interested in MOTM 520/521 and I will buy it
(actually, I already placed an order when it was for sale years ago).
However, more useful would be MOTM (dual) digital sine osc (dedicated
for the FM) and
MOTM digital parametric EQ(just steep highpass and one band, all
voltage controllable), but
I understand, this could be out of mainstream interest.
Girts
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
>
> > Sure, everyone needs a MOTM 730... but the days when MOTM was cheapest
> > modular synth is over :) 21%VAT; 3,5% import tax; shipping overseas...
> > not for everyone.
> >
>
> a) You will find that the VAT declared value for MOTM modules is
quite a bit
> less than 'retail'.
>
> b) I can't help the postage costs, but shipping 1 MOTM-730 to the EU is
> about $30. That's an issue?
>
> I've never really considered MOTM 'inexpensive' at all. Rather,
> ∗innovative∗. Does anyone else
> even have anything close to this? Nope, everyone else has $3 of CMOS
> counters behind a panel
> to count in powers of 2. Big deal, the MOTM-120 has that and more.
>
> I am just now at the ∗break even∗ point for the '730. And I can
break even
> just sitting here looking out
> the window.
>
> It is VERY expensive to tool up a new module, over $4,000. And
truthfully,
> right now I'm starting to wonder
> what to do looking forward. 95% of all new orders are MOTM 2.0
stuff. There
> are over 15 modular
> providers at last count. I still feel that myself & my fellow MOTM
designers
> have yet to be out-designed in
> any facet. But the bad economic times, the drop in the Euro/Pound
and other
> factors is making me second-guess
> all the 100s of hours (and yes, it really is 100s of hours) of
design time
> put into each module versus return
> on investment. Those of you that have a '730, just look at how those
5 pc
> boards interconnect, the tightness of
> the CPU card (4 layers, 3 ground planes, 3 power planes) and you can
see
> where the time was spent. Before this
> version, I spent time & $$$ on 2 other versions so that the HW & SW
could be
> tested over and over again as not to
> have any issues down the road.
>
> I've got the MOTM-520/521 still to finish up. A lot of the R&D is
done, and
> so are many of the part purchases (over $7,500, BTW).
> But will it also be a 'break even' sort of deal? And that $7,500 is
∗just∗
> for the '520, not for the '521. Quick math shows
> that I need to sell about 25 to break even.
>
> And to date, I have sold less than 25 MOTM-730s. Maybe I will sell
50-60
> '520s right away. But then I thought I would get at least 40 orders for
> MOTM-730s right away.
>
> So, maybe the issue is even "deeper", that I'm trying to sell
something that
> has little interest ∗now∗ (because it did have lots of interest before).
>
> If so, then what exactly IS of interest?
>
> Paul S.
> /excuse rant, daughter's tuition due tomorrow....sigh.....
>