[Electronics-talk] help with Speak and Brew coffee time setting

[David Andrews]

Some of the $20 pots I have seen/used are poorly made and/or poorly 
designed.  So, without knowing more, it would be jumping to a 
conclusion to assume the $80 pot was over priced.

Dave

At 10:26 AM 1/12/2010, you wrote:
>Do you think 79 is reasonable for a programable coffe pot. 
>Considering you can get one for about 20 everywhere else?
>bb
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" <chaltain at gmail.com>
>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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>Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:45 PM
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] help with Speak and Breww coffee time setting
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>
>>It seems that Independent Living Aids is selling it for $79. Just 
>>looking around the web, this doesn't seem like an unreasonable 
>>price for a programmable coffee maker. Plus, it doesn't seem that 
>>this product was designed for the blind. There see to be plenty of 
>>main stream sites offering it, and some for more than $79. I don't 
>>have one, and I don't know the quality of the machine, but when I 
>>last bought a coffee maker, I would have expected to pay about $80 
>>for a name brand coffee maker that brews 10 cups of coffee and has 
>>the features I'm looking for. If I buy another coffee maker in the 
>>near term, I wouldn't have a problem paying $79 for this coffee 
>>maker; like I said, assuming it's a good quality coffee maker.
>>
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>>Christopher
>>chaltain at gmail.com <mailto:chaltain at gmail.com>
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>>On 1/11/2010 10:01 PM, Brett Boyer wrote:
>>>Dewey. i wasn't asking you. I was asking the few people that seem to own it.
>>>It doesn't seem like it's worth the price but maybe I'm wrong.
>>>bb
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dewey Bradley" <dewey-bradley at att.net>
>>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:36 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] help with Speak and Breww coffee 
>>>time setting
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have no idea how much it is, that's why I'm asking about it.
>>>>I've never heard of it before.
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Boyer" <bboyer202 at gmail.com>
>>>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>>>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:39 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] help with Speak and Breww coffee 
>>>>time setting
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Yes is it worth the 75 bucks?
>>>>>bb
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dewey Bradley" <dewey-bradley at att.net>
>>>>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>>>>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 11:52 AM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] help with Speak and Breww coffee 
>>>>>time setting
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Where do you find this thing?
>>>>>>I've never heard of it until you folks started talking about it 
>>>>>>on this list.
>>>>>>And how much does it caust?
>>>>>>Personally I just get up and switch on the coffee maker, but I 
>>>>>>guess if I had one like this I would use it
>>>>>>YA I would
>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: " Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>>>>>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 11:07 PM
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] help with Speak and Breww 
>>>>>>coffee time setting
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Good evening, Maria and all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Congratulations on receiving your new Hamaker-Schlemmer 
>>>>>>>Primula talking brewer. I learned in a brief look at the 
>>>>>>>product document that came in my shipping box that if the 
>>>>>>>clock or the timed brewer mechanism aren't working properly 
>>>>>>>the user is advised to unplug the unit for at least ten 
>>>>>>>seconds, reconnect to the electric outlet, then reset the 
>>>>>>>clock and brewing timer. The mechanism is computer driven, and 
>>>>>>>sometimes has to be "rebooted" to cure a system tie-up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>HTH
>>>>>>>Rob Tabor
>>>>>>>Lawrence, (Jayhawk) Kansas
>>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria Bradford" 
>>>>>>><mtbradford at qwest.net>
>>>>>>>To: "electronics talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 7:39 PM
>>>>>>>Subject: [Electronics-talk] help with Speak and Breww coffee 
>>>>>>>time setting
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hello!
>>>>>>>>I am having problems with the Speak and Brew coffeemaker. I 
>>>>>>>>can manually start the brewing process, but when I attempt 
>>>>>>>>the set the clock and the coffee brewing time, the unit has 
>>>>>>>>not started automatically.
>>>>>>>>Thank you