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Show HN: Introducing the Pack Store. The App Store for hardware.

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Re: Show HN: Introducing the Pack Store. The App Store for hardware.

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Post by diggan »

As usual for the cool, modern user interface for landing pages these days, no information about what you are signing up for.

Edit: sorry about that, was visiting the mobile page and was all confused ( http://i.imgur.com/hrWE8.png ). Tested on computer and got a better page.

Re: Show HN: Introducing the Pack Store. The App Store for hardware.

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Post by objclxt »

stephengillie wrote: post #3

Hey, they're selling the lockitron for...the same price as lockitron.net... http://packstore.anvil.net/products/lockitron

Hey, that's a bargain compared to the Square card reader, which sells for $10:

http://packstore.anvil.net/products/square-register

...that's, um, $10 more than Square would charge you. Or am I missing something here? Someone please correct me, because this just seems mad.

Re: Show HN: Introducing the Pack Store. The App Store for hardware.

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Post by tarice »

Since I've already heard about of lot of these through Hacker News, I can't really comment on how interesting this store would be to the average consumer.

Apart from that, the website looks very nice. The "home" button (little house symbol) has an awkward animation (why can't it just highlight?), but other than that it looks very clean and professional.

On last thing: it took me a while to realize that all of the hardware featured on the store interacts with iPhones. I got the "App Store for hardware" message, but for some reason my brain didn't connect that with only iPhone hardware. Perhaps if I owned an iPhone that connection would form more quickly.

Re: Show HN: Introducing the Pack Store. The App Store for hardware.

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Post by e1ven »

objclxt wrote: post #5
stephengillie wrote: post #3

Hey, they're selling the lockitron for...the same price as lockitron.net... http://packstore.anvil.net/products/lockitron

Hey, that's a bargain compared to the Square card reader, which sells for $10: http://packstore.anvil.net/products/square-register ...that's, um, $10 more than Square would charge you. Or am I missing something here? Someone please correct me, because this just seems mad.

Apple store does the same - Sell for $10, with $10 in service credit attached.

Re: Show HN: Introducing the Pack Store. The App Store for hardware.

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Post by cwe »

objclxt wrote: post #5
stephengillie wrote: post #3

Hey, they're selling the lockitron for...the same price as lockitron.net... http://packstore.anvil.net/products/lockitron

Hey, that's a bargain compared to the Square card reader, which sells for $10: http://packstore.anvil.net/products/square-register ...that's, um, $10 more than Square would charge you. Or am I missing something here? Someone please correct me, because this just seems mad.

That's usually how Square handles retail of the reader, and it includes a $10 credit on your account.

Apple, for example:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/H8332LL/A/square-credit-ca...

Re: Show HN: Introducing the Pack Store. The App Store for hardware.

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Post by ccamrobertson »

stephengillie wrote: post #3

Hey, they're selling the lockitron for...the same price as lockitron.net... http://packstore.anvil.net/products/lockitron

It's typical for retailers to match a recommended MSRP. We love the Pack Store and the fact that it highlights the new generation of app controlled products like Lockitron.
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