Why is rokenbok so expensive

He's saving his own money and looking for ways to earn more. Trouble is, this stuff is seriously expensive. I'm concerned that it won't keep his interest and we mostly he will have spent a lot of money and be disappointed.

Thoughts anyone? BTW, Rokenbok is a building set like Legos but it is centered around remote controlled vehicles that perform construction oriented tasks. Aug 12, 2. Jeff Veteran Member. We have a big set. I think we have a starter set and construction world. We also have five of the vehicles and some extra chute and girder sets and two additional paddles for multiple users.

I wouldn't have bought so much but when I got it the Learningsmith stores were going out of business in Tucson and all of the Rokenbok was 30 percent off. We've had our set for 3 years now and the kids now 4 and 7 will still play with it on occasion. The biggest problem is that the setup can get large and it's really not made to be put up and taken down or changed often. I have found that some of the pieces will get brittle and the tabs that hold them together will snap off.

It also can be difficult to get the layout to fit together properly so dad gets to do the designing with guidance from his little foreman. My opinion I have to admit that I will play with it as much as my kids will. We had a dinner party one night for my car club and I don't think there was a person there who wasn't laying down on the floor playing with it at one time or another.

The company has been around for awhile, but it's nothing we would have bought prior to the internet. We stumbled across the impressively-made videos--of both product and scripted narratives--via a random click one day. My son was hooked. For those of you who can't be bothered to follow links, it's a pricey, elaborate system of blocks, remote controlled vehicles, machines, and essentially a whole world of engineering toys. You also might have to offer your customers something in return for their dissatisfaction.

If Google finds malicious code while indexing your site, they will post their findings to the world. This is a huge problem, as everyone who searches for you is basically being warned to avoid your site. We cleaned it up for them quickly, but you have to wait for Google to update their indexing.

Even when you follow all proper channels, it still can take a week or two for Google to actually take down the message — even if you are clean. All of these costs make it impossible to actually put a number to the damage a website hack can do to your business.

Fool me twice, shame on me. Fixing a hack without correcting your website maintenance process with an ongoing website maintenance plan leaves you vulnerable for future attacks. This article originally appeared on WhatArmy and has been republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with B2C. Join over , of your peers and receive our weekly newsletter which features the top trends, news and expert analysis to help keep you ahead of the curve.

The best of B2C in your inbox every Monday Sign up now. Toggle navigation Business 2 Community. Tracy Mallette March 10, Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Flipboard 0. As a marketer, you do a lot. The trouble happens when the hiccup turns out to be a hack.

Unfortunately, without proper maintenance, your chances of getting hacked are pretty good. Hard costs of a hacked website The hard costs are easy to calculate because you get bills and receipts for them.

They include: The cost for a developer to repair the damage, Administrative costs of time spent communicating with your internal team, outside vendors and clients, Investment in preventative measures like moving to new hosting and preventative services, and Hours your IT team spends investigating, researching and working on the problem. Soft costs of a hacked website You may not get a direct bill for soft costs, but they add up. The article, by Constance Gustke, states: Focusing on revenue over protection is far from unusual for small companies like Rokenbok.

Data loss, and any other ramification of website hacking, lead to the next soft cost. We often discover malware on a site during setup or when a client comes to us for a web project.