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Just shy of $25K USD for a small room with a door as a single person's computer-based workspace? This is mind-numbingly stupid. You could hardly meet with a sec
by jcromartie 17y ago
Just shy of $25K USD for a small room with a door as a single person's computer-based workspace? This is mind-numbingly stupid. You could hardly meet with a second person in there, let alone do anything on a whiteboard or requiring much more physical space than the small desk inside.
Why do tiny, minimalist things always cost so much?
- rick_2047 17y agobecause they are not always mass produced in the start. Look at the price of ipods, mobiles and our good old computers for a reference.
- j_baker 17y agoThese are all very good points. However, I would take one over a cubicle in a heartbeat.
- rubinelli 17y agoI don't have a link handy, but this is very close to the initial concept for cubicles. Then middle managers intervened.
- pg 17y agoIn a place where land was expensive it might make economic sense. E.g. in Old Palo Alto houses cost about $1000 per square foot.
- tjic 17y agoIn a place where land is expensive you can still go ahead and build a 25 ft^2 addition for a hell of a lot less than $25k.
- pg 17y agoThe expensive part is the land, not the construction cost. The reason this is attractive is that because it's not a building, it doesn't cost any land.
- rooshdi 17y agoIt may not cost anything for land, but the same thing goes for a regular tent, table, and chair. I think the greatest value proposition this product offers is the modern indoor office setting, which alone should attract quite a few buyers. Other than that, it really doesn't offer me anything much more than what a regular tent, table, and chair can do. I must admit, it is nice eye candy though.