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Buy a Segway... Please

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-will-change-the-world-ha-ha dept.

aedunn writes "Wired has an article about everyone's favorite Human Transporter - Segway. Seems as though the company is looking at some hard times. Among other things, the article cites Segway's price, low speed and tightened spending in the corporate world as reasons for Segway's slow sales."

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  1. this just in by trb · · Score: 5, Funny

    A company with an overpriced useless product and no business plan is having trouble surviving. Film at 11.

    1. Re:this just in by Neon+Spiral+Injector · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, what do they think this is, the '90s?

    2. Re:this just in by ryanvm · · Score: 5, Funny

      The plan was basically this - selling Fred Estaires to disabled people restricts your target market. Ginger [Segway] could be marketed to anyone, so the market would be immensely larger.

      No no no - you've got it all wrong. His plan was to get Ginger street legal in all the big cities. Once that happened and they became popular, Segway vs automobile accidents would skyrocket and he'd be rolling in invoices for the real moneymaker - handicapped transportation. Dean Kamen is a tricky, tricky white boy.

  2. Take my Segway...please! by Toasty16 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Dean Kamen is a genius! I mean, a motorized scooter? It's brilliant! Society will be revolutionized!

    Think of the benefits: Less people driving cars! Unless more than one person wants to travel, and unless they want to carry luggage or groceries or anything else for that matter, or if they want to listen to the radio while they travel, or if they want to go more than a dozen or so miles...hmm, lets try this again.

    Think of the benefits: Easier personal transport! Unless you run into a flight of stairs, or uneven or wet ground, or want to travel for longer than 45 minutes after which you'll have to lug it around with you like so much dead weight...hmmm, this isn't working either.

    How about this: The Segway is amazing! For only $5000 you can get a motorized scooter that allows you to roll where you once walked! That is truly revolutionary, unless you count the bicycle, rollerskates, rollerblades, skateboards, wheelchairs, non-motorized scooters...Aww forget it, I give up!

  3. Re:Product in search of a market by will_die · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like Steve Jobs said in the future cities will be designed around these. Already happening, San Francisco is redesigning thier city by putting up theses 'No Segways allowed.' signs.