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There's a legitimate reasons to be concerned about the product choices that people make. A company putting a 1k price on a stand AND people buy it is a bad sign

There's a legitimate reasons to be concerned about the product choices that people make. A company putting a 1k price on a stand AND people buy it is a bad sign. We want the price of something to represent something of value, but at this point sentimental value is almost everything. Wouldn't you agree its a problem if people are spending money on an option that have better alternatives? Call it consumer education, activism, whatever ... Whats more, Apple is a standard setter. They make decisions that others tend to follow because they have such a huge market that everyone wants to partake in. Just imagine if we introduce the product under a different name, would people buy them? If not then we are putting such a high price on the brand name. I personally don't buy anything anymore...

scarface74 7y ago
Do you buy the cheapest car that will get you from point A to point B? Do you live in the cheapest house that provides you shelter?
- shotashotshota 7y ago
  No, like I said, I like to think that I buy the stuff that have the highest value to price ratio. I fully agree that brands have value, if I am Japanese in the Edo era or whatever, I would feel great pleasure from buying an iron made by local electric shops. But imagine if the iron explodes after every 2nd usages, you must wonder if I am making a sound decision or not.
criddell 7y ago
If they put a $1000 price on a stand AND people buy it, then that's what the stand is worth. At the very least, there's a market at that price. > Just imagine if we introduce the product under a different name, would people buy them? That monitor and stand are selling because they cost significantly less than what people have been paying. Monitors of that class were being rented for hundreds of dollars per week.
- shotashotshota 7y ago
  > If they put a $1000 price on a stand AND people buy it, then that's what the stand is worth I guess, but that doesn't change the fact that its dumb.
  - colejohnson66 7y ago
    Dumb to you, not to them.

scarface74 7y ago

Do you buy the cheapest car that will get you from point A to point B? Do you live in the cheapest house that provides you shelter?

shotashotshota 7y ago
No, like I said, I like to think that I buy the stuff that have the highest value to price ratio. I fully agree that brands have value, if I am Japanese in the Edo era or whatever, I would feel great pleasure from buying an iron made by local electric shops. But imagine if the iron explodes after every 2nd usages, you must wonder if I am making a sound decision or not.

criddell 7y ago

If they put a $1000 price on a stand AND people buy it, then that's what the stand is worth. At the very least, there's a market at that price. > Just imagine if we introduce the product under a different name, would people buy them? That monitor and stand are selling because they cost significantly less than what people have been paying. Monitors of that class were being rented for hundreds of dollars per week.

shotashotshota 7y ago
> If they put a $1000 price on a stand AND people buy it, then that's what the stand is worth I guess, but that doesn't change the fact that its dumb.
- colejohnson66 7y ago
  Dumb to you, not to them.