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Is the same thing as people trying to buy a Ferrari. Demand vastly exceeds supply so they will have no problem finding people that will think nothing of spendin
by eqreqeq 14y ago
Is the same thing as people trying to buy a Ferrari. Demand vastly exceeds supply so they will have no problem finding people that will think nothing of spending that amount of money. And frankly speaking $1,500 is not a lot of money. If you are poor or stingy I guess it is but at this point in time they are not targeting cheapskates.
- codex_irl 14y agospeak for yourself buddy....$1500 is still a big slice of pie to some of us
- fusiongyro 14y ago> …Is the same thing as people trying to buy a Ferrari. Demand vastly exceeds supply I think the normal idea under these circumstances is to increase the price until the demand meets the supply.
- saraid216 14y agoSo they increased it from $0 to $1500. Sounds reasonable.
- fusiongyro 14y agoSo, comrade, it costs $0 to produce a Google Glass?
- nuttendorfer 14y agoProbably not but developing it wasn't free.
- fusiongyro 14y agoI'm starting to think what we really need around here is an English proficiency test.
- nuttendorfer 14y agoMy bad, only skimmed the comment.
- saraid216 14y agoAre you implying that they should have priced it higher? I mean, if we're going to go by "what we paid to produce it" rather than "what people previously paid for it", it should probably start at $10k.
- fusiongyro 14y agoI'm not sure what conversation you're having with yourself. I'm just pointing out that the time-honored capitalist response to demand outstripping supply is raising prices rather than having contests.
- r00fus 14y agoI was with you until you mentioned poor/cheapskate. How's life in that bubble of yours?
- eqreqeq 14y agoBroke and programming everyday on a project I'm working on. And with no income for quite some time. I'm down to two sets of pants and some of my clothes have holes. My sneakers certainly have plenty of holes. My office is the local library. Life is great!
- Kluny 14y agoLet us know how it turns out!
- WayneDB 14y agoMany people who make millions or billions still pause at paying more than $1 for a cup of coffee. You don't become a billionaire by wasting your money.
- Falling3 14y agoWhile there's some truth to that, you also don't achieve success by being penny wise and pound foolish, which that kind of thinking often leads to.