Segway HT Starts Selling

Ninja Master Gara writes "The much-hyped "IT", Dean Kamen's Segway Human Transporter, started selling Monday with a no-refund deposit of $495 on the $4,950 people mover for deliveries starting March 2003 on first come first serve basis. "The Segway Human Transporter is one of the most famous and anticipated product introductions of all time," Jeff Bezos, chief executive and founder of Amazon.com, said in heralding the availability of the vehicles on the online retailer's site." It's also the most overhyped and overpriced toy ever, and I'm kicking myself for posting it since that just contributes to the problem.

Comments

Ah fantastic!

[Dr Thrustgood]

So not only is the segway utterly useless but our main defence contractor is actively shouting about saying "Woo! Yay! Hoopla! *We* did this!"

And they wonder why people think England's going down the pan...

Eh? What C5?

[Corporate Troll]

What's wrong with the Citroen C5, I'm not a big fan of french cars (prefer cars coming from Ingolstad) but I've seen a few of those on the roads here.

Or is there another C5, I'm not a aware of. (Of course if you meant the Renault Vel-Satis, that's another discussion *grin*)

Re:Another way to stay FAT

[praedor]

Do you realise that the nonfat American population is the MINORITY? The US is THE fattest nation in the world. It is irrelevant that 10% of the population is actually healthy or exercises. The vast majority, and thus the majority of those who will purchase such things as the Segway, are overweight. Their kids are overweight too (it IS a problem of epidemic proportions in the USofA) and will not be helped when daddy warbucks shells out 4 grand to buy their portly kid a segway.