Pricing for Homematic 99082 HM-LC-SW4-WM Wireless Actuator 4-channel

[blueznl]

Is the HM-LC-SW4-WM (4 port actuator) end of life? I just noticed it's price doubled, and it is no longer available on some websites. I am using a few of these, so 90 euro for one is a bit steep, when they were around 40..50 euro before. (Just bought the last unit in stock from Conrad.nl, who now no longer lists the unit.)

Any suggestion for an alternative?

For some reason the kit versions on Amazon.de are not shipped to NL. ELV kits are an option (IF they ship to NL) but that adds another 10e or so to shipping...

[tomi_cc16]

Here I found it a bit cheaper:

https://geizhals.eu/eq-3-homematic-funk ... 22983.html

Conrad.nl still has some
https://www.conrad.nl/p/homematic-99082 ... ls-1209116

[blueznl]

Yes, I just checked. Conrad lists them again, but now at an 'adjusted' price of 81 e incl. VAT... Oh well, at least they appear to be available again.

(I send out an email message to ELV, I cannot order kits through Amazon.de, but maybe ELV will send them. I hope shipping is a bit reduced on larger orders, otherwise this is going to get real expensive really soon.)

Strange anyway, ELV does sell and ship to the Netherlands directly, but not through Amazon? Weird. (Look on Amazon.de for the kit ' HomeMatic HM-LC-SW4-PCB 4-Kanal Schaltaktor Komplettbausatz inkl. Gehäuse ' which is more reasonable in price.)

I also wonder what is the difference between the 99082 and the 104225 ?

[blueznl]

A (former) dealer / reseller of Homematic informed me that EQ3 will discontinue with Homematic 'classic' though they will continue with Homematic IP. Remaining Homematic 'classic' products will be handled by ELV, for the time being.

ELV did not want to resell products to this specific dealer / reseller.

Those relying on some older components might consider stocking up, or switching to another platform. Foreign customers even more so, with ELV unwilling to sell through Amazon to locations out of Germany.

How far this is actually fact versus conjection I don't know, so perhaps it is all rumor and hearsay, I don't know

[tomi_cc16]

Sometimes ago I read here in the Forum too that older HM products in the future will be sold only directly thru ELV.

[blueznl]

I got no problem with that, but why not ship to the Netherlands?

For clarification: not through Amazon.de. ELV does ship from their own webshop, but they charge quite a bit for shipping, whilst Amazon.de doesn't charge anything. Amazon.nl is a hopeless site. Many products are missing, and the prices of many products are higher than the ones on Amazon.de.

[tomi_cc16]

True that doesn’t make sense.