08-06-2008, 09:50 PM
This is one of those subjects wheres there's no correct answer.People can charge what they like for there work and I'm sure that if people feel it is not worth that then they wont sell many and so that seller will eventually have to be more reasonable with the prices they charge or be short on sales.On the other hand if more than enough people are happy to spend money of rubber then why would the seller drop there prices ?I don't make big money on my stuff, I think as long as I'm covering all my costs of the production and my time making it then I'm ok.I guess if your making something that a lot of people will want and your only going to do a limited run then yes you can charge more.As a maker the thing I don't like seeing in the hobby is when collectors are making more money than the artists for doing nothing <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":whistling:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"whistling.gif\" />. I think thats where this hobby is maybe going wrong and pushing up the pricesA good example is the butterfingers <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":whistling:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"whistling.gif\" /> how many people would have been throwing money at Barry if he was charging $300 -$500 for a mask ????? but because they became a wanted collectable people where happy to pay that kind of money to someone who had not made the mask or put the work into sculpting it for months and making molds and painting it, all they had to do was put it in a box and ship it <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":confused:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"confused.gif\" /> so my question would beWhy shouldn't Barry then sell the new run of masks for around $400 + or more if people where happy to pay that to someone who had not made the mask ?