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06-28-2009, 11:27 AM #11
Yeah... Kees is right. You have to compare relative prices, how much a razor costs compared to say, a gallon of milk. I"'m betting if you convert it, everything in Europe is more expensive, But if you convert pay, everyone gets paid more by a bit. And this is a fashion/luxury thing. Just cus everyone wants a German sports car, and they are in production, doesn't mean the price drops.
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06-28-2009, 11:48 AM #12
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Thanked: 402Dollar exchange rate factors for sure, but there is much less on the market over here..
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06-28-2009, 12:10 PM #13
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06-28-2009, 12:25 PM #14
In addition to the Euro. vs. US$
It is also the classic demand vs. supply theory. The demand for straight razors are going up as more people are shaving straight and collecting – then the prises will rise as the supply isn’t keeping up.
"Cheap Tools Is Misplaced Economy. Always buy the best and highest grade of razors, hones and strops. Then you are prepared to do the best work."
- Napoleon LeBlanc, 1895
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06-28-2009, 10:43 PM #15
Well I mean, as I said before there is a high demand for sports cars, but they control the supply to capitalise off of it, what they are now selling is not a product but a status symbol, like designer clothes or jewelry. They will probably try to get it to be like "You shave with that crappy mass manufactured American POS (sorry Americans), I shave with my precision engineered, ultra lush, super expensive elite German slice of heaven" Whether the actual quality is any different is up for debate, but that is how cars went... Ford was always the cheap workhorse thing that people would buy but no one wanted, when compared to say, a BMW or Mercedes. I mean, to some extend we already see this. Vintage American razors are selling much cheaper than vintage Solingens. And to quote the ShamWOW commercial: "Plus it's made in Germany! Germans make good stuff right?"
What it comes down to is not supply, but demand due to the status symbol.
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06-29-2009, 03:42 AM #16
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06-29-2009, 04:22 PM #17
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Thanked: 190Demand is picking up and supply isn't
The evidence is there as you look at SRP classifieds and there isn't much offered and when there is, there are several interested buyers on decent conditioned DOVO's and TI's.
Straight Shaving is on the rise as many others want to break free of the silly multi-blade offerings on the Market.
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06-29-2009, 04:38 PM #18
Actually at one point I listed two razors at exactly the same price. Both were german, one was new Dovo, the other was a hard to find Puma. The Dovo sold within hours, the Puma took several weeks even though it is far far superior razor and a lot harder to find, but it was only shiny, not new looking, plus there isn't a constant supply of them at $1000.
I'd bet money that if somebody offers his used new production Boker (they are available for around $800) in the $200-$300 price range, there wouldn't be a shortage of buyers. But it would be hard to sell a really nice old Boker for that much, even if that one shaves and look better.
It's all about perceived value.
And yes I've seen the dovo and ti increase their prices significantly over the last few years, and from what I hear they were even a lot cheaper few years earlier.
One or two razors is more than enough for shaving, it's people like us who want tens or hundreds (sometimes thousands) of them who have a problem
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06-29-2009, 05:21 PM #19
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06-29-2009, 06:26 PM #20