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#67709 - 06/02/2002 07:27 I Want to Buy : Extra Sled
dcosta
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Registered: 04/02/2002
Posts: 277
Loc: Massachussetts
I am looking for another dashboard sled.
Saw them at carplayer.com for $129... YIKES !!!
anyone have one they would part with for less than that ?
or know where I can get one for a lower price ?
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#67710 - 06/02/2002 08:57 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: dcosta]
redbutt2
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Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 141
Loc: San Diego, CA
Wow, SonicBlue is out?! I got one a few weeks ago from them. They find a buch of 30 and 60gig players, but no extra sleds? It wasn't much cheaper at SonicBlue...you might just have to bite the bullet.
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#67711 - 06/02/2002 09:26 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: redbutt2]
rob
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Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
We're not out of car mounts, they are available from www.empeg.com/store at 80 UKP.

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#67712 - 06/02/2002 14:47 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: rob]
redbutt2
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Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 141
Loc: San Diego, CA
That's about $115 US (I think)...
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#67713 - 06/02/2002 18:26 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: dcosta]
dcosta
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Registered: 04/02/2002
Posts: 277
Loc: Massachussetts
yeah a bigger boat is right, and we need a lower price, too....

Why are they so expensive...?
Seems like something that would be cheap to make,
I know there is a price for convenience
and demand raises prices, but omigosh...

$50 would be a nice price...
Maybe If I got 2 sleds for $115 that would be good, too...

Then I would have the one I'm looking for and
I could make a nice little radio box for the house with a car amplifier and speakers I have kickin' around...

Ahyhow, If anyone can get me one of these puppies for something like $50 USD that would be great...
Thanks.
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#67714 - 06/02/2002 18:58 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: dcosta]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
Why are they so expensive...? Seems like something that would be cheap to make,

No, they are not cheap to make. If you can find a way to make them cheaper, please, be our guest.
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#67715 - 06/02/2002 20:39 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: dcosta]
Alan
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Registered: 06/05/2000
Posts: 142
Loc: Cedar Grove , IN
Save your money and get a normal receiver for the house. If you can't afford a sled, just velcro the unit on top of the dash. It's not real conveinient but it wouldn't cost hardly anything.

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#67716 - 07/02/2002 00:24 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: dcosta]
redbutt2
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Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 141
Loc: San Diego, CA
$115 is $15 cheaper than I paid SonicBlue when they had them. And like was said above, I don't imagine cutting and fashioning all that metal is cheap.
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#67717 - 07/02/2002 10:32 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: redbutt2]
altman
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Registered: 19/05/1999
Posts: 3457
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
The metal, which is CNC punched, isn't cheap, but the real killer is the wiring harness. It *cost* us something like $40-50 even when we ordered 4000 of them. Hence the cost of the sleds...

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#67718 - 14/02/2002 02:14 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: altman]
justinlarsen
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Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 1109
Loc: Petaluma, CA
ya i coudl image the metal being dirt cheap but that harenss is something else.. just becuase they throw similar metal trays in with cheap cheap radios
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#67719 - 14/02/2002 11:03 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: justinlarsen]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
just becuase they throw similar metal trays in with cheap cheap radios

The metal trays you get with cheap radios are in no way similar, they are much thinner, cheaper, and less sturdy than the empeg sled.
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#67720 - 14/02/2002 23:56 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: redbutt2]
Mark Miller
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Registered: 21/09/1999
Posts: 69
Loc: Southeastern Pennsylvania
You could buy another 10G Empeg for about $300 or so, with sled (and have a spare!)

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#67721 - 21/02/2002 03:30 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: Mark Miller]
justinlarsen
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Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 1109
Loc: Petaluma, CA
im sure someone who bought extra units has extra trays they woudl be willing to sell.. i mean i was reading one guy bought like 10 extra players..
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#67722 - 21/02/2002 03:36 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: rob]
justinlarsen
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Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 1109
Loc: Petaluma, CA
hey rob.. how many trays do you have an estimate left at the store there?
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#67723 - 21/02/2002 13:45 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: justinlarsen]
rob
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Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
I haven't a clue, I don't run the store any more. There are a number of stacks almost as tall as me, though!

Rob

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#67724 - 01/03/2002 08:45 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: rob]
Franko
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Registered: 18/02/2002
Posts: 20
I just check the International store for sled's and there are none listed. Are they all sold out???

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#67725 - 01/03/2002 09:04 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: Franko]
Nosferatu
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Registered: 24/08/2001
Posts: 344
Loc: France, Champagne
I just went to verify , you scared me and there is still car MOUNTS avalaible !!!
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#67726 - 01/03/2002 09:27 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: Nosferatu]
Franko
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Registered: 18/02/2002
Posts: 20
Sorry for the scare...But the link button on that page did not work for me when I tried it awhile ago. It does now and it does show them in stock...My bad.


Edited by Franko (01/03/2002 09:32)

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#67727 - 01/03/2002 09:30 Re: I Want to Buy : Extra Sled [Re: Franko]
phi144
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Registered: 15/02/2002
Posts: 314
Loc: New Hampshire, USA
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