September 10, 2013

Elastic trampoline market analysis

Last september I purchased an elastic trampoline from Amazon (yellow) for private use.
I wanted the biggest on the market and professional for outdoor all weather all year.
I compared the costs of the two cheaper providers (cheaper than Decatlon and many others found on Google).
we r sports costed additional €75 for shipping to Italy from UK, so I opted for the smaller (15 ft) sixbros from DE.
Scroll to see the whole spreadsheet (Trampline cost and size below). Scroll the bar to see all data.

The interesting aspect of my search is that the cost is linear with the diameter as shown by the graph (Linear trend below), but the trampoline size goes with the square! The obvious saving is a classical economy of scale. In some cases the smaller sizes cost like the larger ones.

For elastic trampolines bigger is better!

February 10, 2013

Frigoriferi grande capacità: costi e prezzi

Per famiglie numerose o di grande appetito
Principali catene anche on-line, con costo del trasporto
Marche, modelli, prezzi e principali caratteristiche
*** miglior rapporto qualità prezzo

MediaWorld

costo del trasporto acquisto online: 40€
***Bosch kge49ai40 1099E OL:1049E tot 1110 296+112 408L 176kW A+++ flex shelf easy lift chiller vacation 70x201x65 20 gg. NON no frost
KGN57AI22 1149 no frost 373+76 449L 366kW A+ chiller portabottiglie vacation? LCD touch 185x75x70
KGV58VL30 929 379+126 505L 292kW A++ Control Led 70x191x77
Samsung RL62ZBPN 899E 348+127 A+ no frost chiller 80x177x71
RL60GZGIH 1099E 288+112 400L A++ 277kW 60x201x67 no frost chiller vacation

Euronics

costo del trasporto: 28€ acquisto online 59€
KGV58VL30 769-828 con spese 505L 292 kW A++ Cont    rol Led vedi sopra
KGN49AL20 1019-1078 spese incl 307+82 389L 346kW A+ no frost chiller 200x70x65
***SAMSUNG - RL60GHGVB 849E 908E+95 serenissima fa 1000 tondi con 6 anni assistenza 289 112 401L A++ 277kW no frost chiller vacation 201x60x67 sabbia
RL58GRGIH 838 898 A++ 269kW no frost

Unieuro

costo del trasporto acquisto online: 49€
KGE39AL40 719 247+92 339L 157kW A+++ chiller
KGN49AC22 1.199 389L 345kW A+ no frost chiller
***RL60GZGIH vedi MW 899E tot 1050E 5 anni Disponibile

January 23, 2013

Low-cost airlines compared

Ryanair EasyJet
Web site experience Anonymous access with short timeout, requires continuously entering data. Searches require acceptance of terms and conditions Saved profile with past searches, personal and payment info stored
General information. Families with children All concentrated in a single page with all relevant and irrelevant info for everybody Information page (clearly organized in FAQ form) specifically sent to highlight benefits for families
Boarding pass Reminder email. Lengthy filling of ID and birth data with redundant information and short timeout (often need to restart form filling) Email with forward to downloadable pre-compiled PDF page
Hand luggage size allowance [cm] 55x40x20=44 cm3 56x45x25=63 cm3
Hand luggage weigth allowance [kg] 10 Unlimited
Infants hand luggage allowance None Standard
Infant on lap cost €30 €20
Safety inspection All luggage individually checked for size.
All ID have been individually checked for errors on boarding passes (this explains the lengthy procedure for filling and printing).
It seems that airport staff is required to charge a given amount of penalties per flight, based on travelers' mistakes.
Being searched and inspected is a tediously long and very unpleasant
Standard
Aircraft interiors Budget furniture. Less leg space Standard (not low-cost) airline environment
Priority boarding cost €5 €4
Priority boarding for families None After priority boarding, (family) groups with one 5-year or less
Seating No assigned seat Automatically assigned seat. In my experience, large family group kept together
Flight Selling on board of no-smoke cigarettes, airport transfer tickets and lotto
Distance airport to/from Paris BVA 75 min / 86 km

Beauvais is a small airport, with few shops and connections
ORY 30 min / 23 km

Orly is a large airport with many shops and connections
Transfer cost to/from Paris and Disneyland Coach to/from Paris €15
Children pay from 3
IF YOU MISS YOUR COACH (1 per flight), TAXI IS €100

Taxi to/from Disney €150
Coach €24
RER (metro) €4
Children pay from 9
RER runs every 10 minutes


Taxi to/from Disney €84
Coach €15
Transfer in Pisa to/from FlorenceUnreliable, expensive and polluting coach service offered on board the aircraft Comfortable direct national public railway connection from Pisa airport to the very center of Florence at €5.80, which takes 1 hour and runs almost every hour
Specific information based on flights for a family group with 1, 3 and 5 year old
  • EasyJet PSA BVA # EZ 4208 of January 22, 2013 and
  • Ryanair BVA PSA # FR 9977 of January 25, 2013
The woman supervisor at gate refused priority bording to the family, saying that the flight was not full and there was plenty space to arrange for the family group to stay together. This was not true and the family group was split, with small children in rows with unknown persons. The cabin attendant said that she was not even informed about the group, and she could have saved the necessary seating space to keep the family united. She did not try to move anybody anyway