[ILUG] Nokia phones and Linux

[Peter McEvoy]

> Be warned - they are not cheap though..

Tell me about it - I just checked the site and person 2 person are listed as
the Irish supplier - a STG£69 ex VAT price turns into an IR£145 ex VAT -
more than double.  When I expressed my outrage at this: "well we have to
ship it in and the difference in sterling..." .  My reply: "Bull$#!+" .
It's 30cm of cable and probably a CD-ROM, even with a manual and padding,
the whole lot can't come to more than 0.75lbs...

Where do companies - in particular Irish companies - get off in charging and
arbitrary mark up on things like this?  Seeing CD's in the US at $9 a pop
being marked up to £15 over here is REALLY starting to make me mad:  Celtic
tiger?  I think not.  More like greed.  Plain and simple.  Frankly I'm glad
that web commerce is killing retailers:  they've been milking us for years.

Anyone know how I can make one of these things myself?

Pete