oh SFBC, why do we always jump on someone trying to make a new product for our market.
So many complain about the $40 price! PNT sells those cheap flasher cases for like 30 bucks...or flasher bags, they are $30 too before taxes. Its NOT just a piece of plastic with holes. Working in the manufacturing industry, and NOT burger king, I can tell you that products like this don't happen over night. There are so many logistical challenges, finding suppliers, wholesalers, building a website, marketing, sales ect ect ect...who the hell thinks these things come for free!??
I disagree with the pissing match, saying you will rip off the product because you can...ya thats business, but it's ****** business! Build it for yourself sure, but to go on saying you will build the same product for half the price is pathetic, lazy and downright shady. I can think of little else on the boat that costs less than $40, aside from spoons and hoochies. But like he said a FLASHER is almost $20. I custom ordered from OK'I a box of 12 and they STILL came to $18/piece.
Why can't those who disagree with a new product either keep it shut, or keep it civil...I don't see why he won't sell this product. It's not for me, but still it looks marketable and has a chance to be successful. My guess is they are not being made in China, and as a result, you have to deal with North American wages, where people are payed $25 an hour to sweep floors.
No one complains about Tomic spoons @ $10+ and I'm pretty sure their margins aren't bad, and the mark-up is considerable.
I don't think people have a problem with the price, I think they have a problem not coming up with such a simple, useful idea first.
Good Luck to you OWCatering. Take the BS as constructive critisim and keep working hard at it. As a small businessman facing the same odds, I wish you all the best.
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