how to price a tea cup "The Boss"

[Winter Phoenix]

(11-10-2013 02:10 AM)anna acanthus Wrote:  
WOAH THERE !
A little while back there was a mega Boss on the bidboards at the Kottage.
I don't know how much it went for in the end but it was already over 20K.

Isnt that like 80 real dollars?

The Saudi oil baron bus was parked by those bidboards!

Even a 10k teacup is 40 real bucks!

We are looking at polar opposites of the pricing game here.

I'm going to assume more people involved cannot afford 80 dollars for a puppet cat.

And of those that do,

they would be more likely to blow that 80 dollars buying out of the factory vendors,

and hoping to luck out on their own,

and the factory is just thrilled with that.

They sell more specials on the HOPE's of getting a fancy size.

With the aftermarket, supply and demand dictates the value.

Two rich people bidding on a mega just says there are two people out there

willing to part with that kind of cash.

I wander the shoppes and mega malls,

I see the same dust collectors sitting on shelves months in a row.

The aftermarket has a few people making kibble money,

and the rest renting stalls and not selling anything.

People want the limited edition size variants,

but they dont as a rule want to spend that much cash on one.

You try to find that middle ground where you actually sell something,

but if you are patient, those who came late to the party will pay more,

for the mega teacup specials they missed.

20k ??

Best of luck with that one.

Maybe somebody has a rich aunt and their birthday is coming up!

As long as people buy the factory specials, and buy that food and milk,

the factory will be quite happy to dish out more special editions.

The aftermarket is on its own.

I find myself buying older limited editions that happened before my time,

but it needs to have the magic number before I hit the buy button.

You figure out that number sooner or later.

Whats your magic number? Whats the most you have spent on a cat?