I never speculated on who started the price war. Just that Spondoolies lost, because the S5 ended up selling so much cheaper than an SP20. The SP20 was such an ungodly complex machine, I wouldn't be surprised if just the parts cost was higher than the S5's sales price by the end. Their design greatly increased the features and flexibility compared to the S5, but they crippled themselves on efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Most of the people I heard complain about wanting to buy the 4.1 didn't complain about the price so much as the shipping cost from China. Maybe we were reading different posts, but the consensus I gathered was if Avalon had a North America distributor that didn't add on the order of $100 per unit to ship, there would have been a lot of sales. I'd have probably bought one, and I didn't buy anything last gen.
Most of the people I heard complain about wanting to buy the 4.1 didn't complain about the price so much as the shipping cost from China. Maybe we were reading different posts, but the consensus I gathered was if Avalon had a North America distributor that didn't add on the order of $100 per unit to ship, there would have been a lot of sales. I'd have probably bought one, and I didn't buy anything last gen.
If they did a deal with blockC for the avalon 4.1 it would have sold well.
forgetting price I would rank the 4.1 as the best of the three.
