[meteorite-list] Membrane Boxes
From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Feb 11 22:01:25 2006 Message-ID: <C013E4FA.284AD%mlblood_at_cox.net> Hi Darren, Would you please make these membrane boxes? I am sure everyone on the list - and all of Christendom would be happy to give you 6 c each for a 100% "mark up" and be happy to do so. Sincerely, Michael Blood on 2/11/06 3:09 PM, Darren Garrison at cynapse_at_charter.net wrote: > On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:17:54 +0100, you wrote: > >> Huh, where is the problem? >> Hartman is taking for 100 microboxes 1.3$ each. > > Meanwhile, I can buy gem jars for around 20 cents each. It's a matter of > scale. > I wouldn't worry about a $1 difference in price for something that cost $1000, > or $100. But at $10, it starts to be a factor, and the difference between > something that cost $1.30 and something that cost $0.20 and serves virtually > the > same purpose IS going to make a difference in my opinion. I'm not judging the > price that the reseller has to charge, I'm judging the price the manufacturer > charges. With gem jars, you have something that costs a few cents to make and > sells for around 20 cents. With membrane boxes, you have something that costs > a > few cents to make and sells for over a dollar. That's my point-- price > gouging > by a monopoly single source. > >> >> Wouldn't you make photos of those persons you love, because the albums to >> keep the photos are to expensive? > > Not a good analogy. A better one is, would I buy a frame for the picture from > company X at one price, or buy a frame made from the virtually the same amount > of virtually the same materials a different company for 5 or 6 times the > price. > You might do that. I wouldn't. (And I haven't made a film-based photo in > over > 3 years-- I've taken maybe 15,000 with my digital camera since then, and at > least 90 percent of them have never seen paper). > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- "He is not a lover who does not love forever." - Euripides (485-406BC)Received on Sat 11 Feb 2006 10:01:14 PM PST |
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