Hi Admin,
I am waiting for email alerts for better prices. Some stores have sold this box for about £250 before the supply crunch. I already have a freesat system with HDD PVR (no freeview where I live) so I am not in a hurry. The Hummy will add HD and twin tuners.

P.S. thanks for the site; I visit all the time.

To George,
i order on the 30th Jan. Cancelled order with them after they told that delivery wouldn't in fact take place until early March.
Waiting for next Friday when box is due for delivery from Comet.
Hope this helps.
Simon

to simon g
thanks simon hope you get your box.

This is just my thoughts and I could be way out but if anyone knows better please enlighten us.
Nov 08 RRP £199
Dec 09 VAT reduction means RRP should be £293
Retailers Margin 30%?
Means cost price of £225?
Means retailers can make 10% selling at £250 which is fair enough?
Against this is the fact that the £ is going down the toilet (thanks Gordon)

Ref Jerry's comments about the pricing.

I'm afraid in retail 10% margin is nowhere near enough to cover costs Jerry; this is why retailers who price cut sell lots, make little money to pay overheads then disappear.

As someone who runs my own retail business in a very small premises, think about minimum wages, paying for holidays, sick pay, rent of the premises (usually around 5 times a house mortgage for an equivalent sized unit) business rates around £500 a month etc etc etc.

it's not for me to defend those who make massive profits, but running a retail store where markups are at a rate of around 50%, i am usually left with a profit margin of about 3-4% of the total takings.

Wouldn't change my job for the world though, even with the depression on the way.....

Hi George,
I spoke to John Lewis yesterday and they said that they are expecting stock on the 3 of march. They would not say how many just 'Lots'.

Thanks for the service, now a Humax Foxsat HDR is on it's way to me.Hope it's as good as people say.

We have switched off a few stores from displaying on the page just so the list doesn't become too big and full of stores with no stock. Don't worry, if you sign up for the alerts we still check these stores regularly and you will get notification of stock found at these hidden stores.

Admin

Good service.
Poor supply