Liver
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But you all fail to see, the stands are rated 5 out of 5 for value. That must be true since its on their website.
Originally Posted by thedauntlessone /img/forum/go_quote.gif LTTP but I would also like to know why the stands cost 500 dollar. No matter how high quality I don't see it costing 200+ dollars to make each stand. For comparison, paintball markers use aircraft grade aluminum to make the body complete with annodization, solenoid and electronics wiring and a mid range marker cost about 400-600 dollars. The reason why I use paintball marker as a comparison is because the body uses high quality metal that needs to be cut to exact specification. Another reason is because while paintball is quite popular nowadays, markers aren't exactly mass produced on a large scale. Moreover, big manufacturers produce them in the US of A... not Asia. As a consumer, that stand is worth maybe 50-100 dollars at most. Just an honest opinion. |
Originally Posted by Liver /img/forum/go_quote.gif But you all fail to see, the stands are rated 5 out of 5 for value. That must be true since its on their website. |
Originally Posted by kodreaming /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you are charging such premium price, I would highly recommend you get some good marketing ppl do the marketing for you. The picture in the press release is like from last century. |
Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens /img/forum/go_quote.gif 1) I'm not happy with the price either, but at the $499 they are the lowest margin item we build. There's a lot of fairly expensive materials in there. B) By the time you cable up a system with decent cables, you'll have more in cable then the stands. I'd say that's reasonable appropriate. iii) If the concept takes off and we can build stands in larger quantities we'll be able to eek down the price. IV) Too much? Don't buy it. Get wall cubes ... or a stack of books. At this point the product (the whole system) is really targeted at folks with serious cash. Over time, it'll be more affordable. |
Originally Posted by grawk /img/forum/go_quote.gif I saw something considerably larger than 200 lbs on the stands. Well, maybe not "considerably", but Tyll's pretty good sized... |
Originally Posted by grawk /img/forum/go_quote.gif I saw something considerably larger than 200 lbs on the stands. Well, maybe not "considerably", but Tyll's pretty good sized... |