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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. Re:Market Backlash by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It was just a stupid invention.

    As you point out, you cant use it on most city streets, and you cant use it on the sidewalks either.

    The only potential market I could see was as a rental at places like Disneyworld, and even then there's a huge liability issue with people getting their toes run over and whatnot.

    Maybe they should have designed the cities FIRST, then designed the scooter around them, instead of the other way around.

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