I can agree on that, but my comment was rather directed towards the statement about another forum member.
Hey, Suga D, I think the member you are talking about is a valuable forum member. I think he is a business man and doesn't hide it.
I am not commenting in his thread about his prices. I am commenting in a different thread which is about items for sale at premium, perhaps artificially inflated prices, on how, a short while ago, he was looking for a Maze blade. And now he is selling it. And I listed his price.
I know you like this guy I mentioned and I believe he gets legit products. I see nothing wrong with what he is doing. Perhaps you are right though. Perhaps I should not have mentioned his name. I am sure I can edit this stuff so it doesn't mention a name.
However, I am not criticizing his price in his for sale thread which is the rule to which you are referring.
I also know that the last time I talked to Wang Chen about H3 National, her price to me was $80.00 USD and she was trying to convince me that I didn't need the National stuff. But I am confident that her source is real since she was actually on the Chinese National Team. It's a good product from either source. But Wang Chen charges much less than most online sources I have seen.
And I want it to be clear: there is nothing wrong with being a business man.
Baal mentioned a guy who bought a blade from him for $220. and turned around and sold it for £600.
It's the same thing. If you sell something and can create the market for it at the price you want to sell it, that is called business. But one can assert that the price is artificially inflated by a myth of its supposed value, if one believes that to actually be true. And you are actually correct to point out that value is determined by a collective market.
By the way, I like your Mona Lisa smoking the spliff. It did make me laugh.
For some, the seller from this forum is providing a service. For others, the price is too high. I personally would rather a $50.00 blade and $800.00 of coaching than an $850.00 blade and no coaching. That is for me. But there are other people who may appreciate his service in hunting down and locating that hard to find blade.
And if I had unlimited resources I would definitely want to get my hands on a few of those old Stiga blades. And it definitely would not be for playing.
But I do feel there is a market for these kinds of Butterfly black tag blades that has been artificially created by the myth of how good the black tag blades were. And don't get me wrong, they were good. But I don't think they were good enough to substantiate prices like 10,000£.
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