Are We In A Recession?

[🪦 Deadguy71 ●]

THe model still holds true. If you don't pay big money for masks, prices will come down.It's an average, not an individual. Some folks create them as a hobby, other's already have the masks, or buy blanks at "wholesale" and than mark it up when they do the paintjob. Others do it as a business, or sell to offload, or update the masks in their collections. Each of those represent the market.If everyone quit paying high end prices, it's true, that as you say, the masks may not come out from some of the folks, but across the board, you'd see a price drop because sellers who have already made an investment, still want to sell.Eventually, you'd see that some of the mask makers would try and get more buyers at a lower price. This works out well in terms of buying larger quantities and deeper discounts possible, per buyer as a result. You also see profit margins decreasing, and/or budgeted hourly wages being reduced, in an attempt to be the "affordable, but great" seller.It's market adaptation. If you don't adapt, you don't survive. Those that refuse to sell at the lower price are no longer part of the market because they aren't able to sell, thereby lowering the average mask cost (because the lower cost ones are still being bought/sold).Things aren't THAT bad in this market though.. many of the collectors are fairly wealthy.. so sales continue, regardless of the economy dive. However, it's hard to sell a $350 mask when it's used twin is on Ebay for $150 being sold by a guy who just needs to pay rent this week.