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If these are $8 to manufacture umbrellas, they're not "generic". That is a huge manufacturing cost in China. Plus they already had some sort of locking mechan
by logicallee 9y ago
If these are $8 to manufacture umbrellas, they're not "generic". That is a huge manufacturing cost in China.
Plus they already had some sort of locking mechanism, don't they? (See second picture in the article, which seems to show a combination padlock on the stem - part you hold - of the umbrella.)
so these are already custom umbrellas. adding electronics may not be as expensive as you think, especially in China.
- bllguo 9y agoThanks for noting that, you're right. I'm not familiar with how much an electronic locking part would cost, I assumed it would be nontrivial. But certainly the labor costs aren't going to be very high if these are already custom.