If you own a business..... say auto repair and you buy replacement parts you commonly get a 40% discount from the supplier and you mark them up and include your hourly labor rate in order to gain enough profit.
Now let's talk about cue tips..... Lately, there have been new, never before heard of, tips hitting the market. They seem to be following the Kamui pricing strategy. That is, if you price it high, the perceived value will also be high.
Tips are commonly made of pig skin and a few others. Pig skin is not expensive. Tips are not extremely expensive to manufacture even with prepriatary methods and materials.
My point is that I feel that I am being taken advantage of when the price to me is $20 or more. I just don't see the the value.
Please don't think I am saying that the $20 tips are not good playable tips. I personally think the Kamui are about the best tips on the market. I just think they are very over priced.
I will not pay that high price even if I could pass that on to my customers.....
I will stick with a lesser priced tip that plays just as well.
Kim
Now let's talk about cue tips..... Lately, there have been new, never before heard of, tips hitting the market. They seem to be following the Kamui pricing strategy. That is, if you price it high, the perceived value will also be high.
Tips are commonly made of pig skin and a few others. Pig skin is not expensive. Tips are not extremely expensive to manufacture even with prepriatary methods and materials.
My point is that I feel that I am being taken advantage of when the price to me is $20 or more. I just don't see the the value.
Please don't think I am saying that the $20 tips are not good playable tips. I personally think the Kamui are about the best tips on the market. I just think they are very over priced.
I will not pay that high price even if I could pass that on to my customers.....
I will stick with a lesser priced tip that plays just as well.
Kim