I will no apologize for my reply to overpriced diagram price tags. Every single person on this planet has picked up a product on a shelf, looked at the price tag, and wide eyed placed it right back down exclaiming (whether out loud or in their silent dialogue) "that price is crazy, i'm not buying that.". You can see me as rude for saying it on this forum, but I see it as informative. Look at how all people see your pricing not just your friends. They will mislead you being ever supportive. I however don't know you and will react just as any other consumer who does not know you. Your friends have an opinion of your pricing and so do us consumers. I appreciate Jason Ku for pointing out it is an early pricing point that the seller chooses without trying to tell me my opinion is somehow invalid or rude.
Let me assure you I did not discredit their efforts in designing and diagramming their work. But to tell me they are entitled to excessive returns off those efforts (as some have said both publicly and privately e-mailed) is just crazy to me. The term struggling artist exists because most artists struggle. Especially if they try to make their sole income off of their art. Any message claiming that because the community is relatively small compared to others or the like as a reason for deserving higher prices is also crazy. When you price things properly you not only sell way more but you earn respect from your consumer. I am replying as just a consumer right now, not your friend. 1 to 2 dollars is fair and if I like the model I will pay that gladly. You can ignore that or not it is your right to do so, just a it is my right to say 5-8 dollars is a crazy price point for a simple model. I am not saying you are crazy. The action of pricing it at that is. I am saying you chose to price your model out of the realm of fair market value. Online sales will net you way more profit then book publishing. Don't be mad at me for pointing that out. A good seller listens to all the consumers not just the ones that they are friends with. My friends agree with me that it is way overpriced as well. So please listen. I can purchase a John Montroll book new off the shelf for 15 bucks. Does that mean that your single model without being printed and on my book shelf is worth 1/3rd of a Montroll book full of diagrams? I can buy a Robert J Lang origami design secrets with many amazing diagrams and a massive amount of how to teach yourself to design for about 70 bucks. That's what, 26 models of very high quality plus all the extras in a quality softcover book. 5 x 26 = 130. Or 8 x 26 = 208. Easy math tells me you are clearly overpricing your diagram especially since you never paid for publication printing etc. It is your choice, I am trying to help you. Price your diagrams as though you respect your consumers or else they will not respect you. I think those models were adorable. But not worth your price points. I did not bring up the other models because they seemed to be priced more fairly. I think all of you need to explore another option as well. This is a freebie and you can thank me later. Both Android and iOS markets can profit greatly off of ad marketing. You origami designers out there can easily provide your diagrams as a free app. Free to download. Free to use, but anytime the user chooses to click the ads you make a bit of profit. you then can provide your diagrams for free, and for free your users can click the ad and provide you income without either of you spending a cent in that action. There are more options then you are currently limiting yourselves to. I'm trying to help, no matter how rude some think I am. J
