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Originally Posted by archemedes  so you will spend an extra say day to save $5, then you end up spending more than that in your time, and gas. I will check around some, but I also will pay for convenience. I have also found buying some things online is cheaper than any local place (computer parts are half what I can buy local for instance) I also am one that will not buy from someone only on price, and will also support the independent guy first when possible (I have not been to a best buy in 9 years even for stuff I can't get myself) |
If I need something tonight, right now to fix my car so it runs for work tomorrow, $5 doesn't matter to me. But then, I don't even consider internet in those cases anyhow. So no, time frame doesn't matter much to me.
As for doing the research. I usually get to work 20-30 minutes early which I use to do things like this. Also, I have to take an hour lunch. I spend 15 minutes eating, and the rest researching stuff and on forums. I also get on a couple times a day depending on my work load. So the time factor researching these items is null.
And while I agree that price is not my only factor on buying things, it is very dependent. There are places I just won't buy from and won't even consider. But there are very few of them.
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Originally Posted by webracin Zef, I agree. Everyone has their own opinion and they are entitled to it. We value your input as well as everyone elses. I really think that vendors will charge what they think is reasonable (in their eyes). It may not be reasonable to us, however there are those that will blindly pay the price. The good thing is when the product does not go over as big as the vendor thinks it will, you can bet there will be a sale and possibly even selling it below cost just so there is not as much as a loss in profit. Product on the shelf is not making you money, its the product out the door. You can bet that if I came up with a 20 dollar (my cost) item that converted water to gas, I would not sell it for 25 bucks. I think 250 would be fair since you will be saving that much in the first 6 months you use it. |
. But really, I do understand this. And there are many products that I feel are over priced because I know their true value of how much things cost to make them. I don't mind paying someone a profit. But I don't like paying for overpriced items either.In regards to your water to gas converter. If you were the first one to come up with this, then yes, you can charge that much. And more times than not, it is because of the R&D involved. But when other people start producing similar items and selling at less price, you will eventually lower your price till you are near the $25 price window that it costs to make the part. Economics will show that if you are making a huge profit, there are a lot of people that are going to try and get onboard as well and make the same profits, but undercutting the competition a little each time. Thus driving prices down. Eventually it will all equal out.
On the other hand. If someone already makes a water to gas converter, and your works only slightly better, the price needs to be comparable to the benefits. You can't sell yours for $250 for the upgraded model, versus $25 for the standard competitors model.
And this entire discussion started about the SS brake lines. I started it by saying that I felt that when a vendor can discount a product $32 on a $100 part, then this product is overpriced (in my opinion). The way I see it, while some places will discount items to where they are making little to zero profit, most smaller vendors will not because they cannot afford it. ZZP may be doing this in this case, I don't know. But usually such offers are one time deals, like the woot deals. But being that these brake lines were offered up again at such a discount would lead me to believe that ZZP has inflated the price to almost, but not quite match that of goodyear lines. And they haven't been selling as well as they hoped, so they are trying to get more sales and get these moving. Might not be the case, but it is how I perceive things, and my opinions.
I personally think $100 brake lines are overpriced, since I know how little it takes to make them. So I haven't bought any. These prices ZZP is offering now are comparable and much more in line in my opinion and I will probably purchase a set in the near future.
real quick. That is one thing that I really look for when I am buying online, and just my thoughts are if you are charging reasonable shipping and handling, then I will buy (as long as the price and shipping/handling is cheaper than I can buy it locally). But if your shipping and handling are way out there, I view it as a shaddy tactic and wont buy the item, but that is just me.
). I have seen things for sale on some sites and when you look at the shipping it's like $25 for shipping on something that weighs 10 pounds, and I know that we don't pay that to ship UPS (just an example). You will never have to worry about shipping costs from us!!! 
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