On Thursday, October 4, 2012, Jared Needle wrote: > > So currently that's ¥5500 for a single diagram...that converts to > about...$70.
Your math seems a bit dubious: the 5500 isn't just for the single diagram, but for the benefits *including* a diagram. I bet significantly fewer would shell out the money for *just* the diagram even if that's *effectively* what they do. It's market psychology... Not to mention that the diagrams cited by the original person in this thread were not particularly complex. But I agree with you in general :) It's ultimately all about market forces, and it will come to a balance the market can sustain. There will probably always be a few people selling for outrageously high prices (I'm not talking about anyone mentioned during this discussion) that someone will buy... it's amazing what some people will pay for pedestrian items if the description is enticing enough. Just as there will be those who sell for far too cheaply to suit those who are competing with them. It seems unlikely to me that origami will turn out to be any different than any other form of art, where the vast majority of artists don't price their work according to "breaking even" or with an eye to making a living from their artistic work alone. For most, doing so is simply not practical. I suspect that this reality is what is behind some of the grumbling: pricing based on the amount of time that went into a model is no more feasible for most than is pricing based on some subdivision of the price of an often hypothetical book. c -- Chris Lott
