GeoffH,
I need to start out by apologizing for my little rant. I am aware that many underlying costs exist for the manufacture, advertising, and distribution of these products... and how much more items cost when they are not being sold in large quantities. It was not my intention to offend anyone, especially not anyone who may work for a company that produces these.
Have you ever noticed the "price list" for services offered by Best Buy? If I remember correctly they charge like $35 to INSTALL a piece of computer software for people who don't know how to do it themselves. Obviously the company has to make money, but most of us know how insanely simple it is to install software and can't help but feel a $35 charge is outrageous. If you saw some old lady standing at the counter, prepared to fork over $35 to have something installed, you'd be wishing you could spend 2 minutes to just show her how to do it herself. In the same way, I find myself bothered seeing people pay (a lot) for things that really aren't difficult at all... it is just that they don't know how.
If you have a kitchen drawer that won't stay closed you could wedge a little paper in the track to give it some friction, or you could probably find some over-engineered plastic latch contraption that would cost you $4. The head tracker I built wasn't of "commercial" quality but it worked just fine. To reach the "commercial standard" MOST items are seriously over engineered and end up with a cost far far higher than is really necessary. Oh well... if people can't build things themselves, their only option is to buy commercial versions.
I know how the world works, lol. Please know that my original rant was just the result of feeling frustrated at the time. :)
