ishyB -> RE: Would there be any interest in this? (12/5/2009 2:33:26 PM)
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ORIGINAL: maugseros No.. that's exactly what I'm looking for... just the truth of if there would be any interest in something like this and what might people be willing to pay for it. If everyone and their dog loves it, but isn't willing to pay more than a $200.. then there isn't a market for it. Unless "everyone and their dog" was a million+ people.. I don't think there is any way currently to get the price that cheap. I would have to partner with someone to mass produce them by the hundreds of thousands or even millions to get them that cheap... and I know even if I could sell them for $100.. I wouldn't sell that many of them. I know the market is relativly small at ANY price. I guess what I'm shooting for is I could go out right now and find a master artisan who is god of metal working and have them make a one-off of my device. But I could easily see, by the time he/she made a prototype to test it out and get all the dimensions right and test for stability, etc... and then make the final product that it would easily cost into the 5 figures and possibly into the 6 figures to do this (especially once I add all the final details to it and such) And then if I ask them to make me a few dozens of them... sure the price would come down but would still be out of the price for a huge majority of people and I would be lucky to sell even one of them. I could also make a DIY looking knock off of it as a welded together piece of black iron pipe type of device and I might be able to get the price down to a few hundred dollars, but that's not my interest in this. I'm not considering this just as a way to make money. I'm designing what I personally would love.. and when I look out there... I see that there is nothing on the market out there like it, which makes me go "hmmm.. maybe there is an opportunity there". As I said.. there are high end, high quality bondage clothing, latex, harnesses, in general things you "wear".. but as far as devices go.. there really isn't anything. And even bondage beds.. which are still the welded together stock pieces of black iron asthetic... are in the $2000 to $3500 price range. And I'm just wondering as we approach an era where "manufacture on demand" is a reality.. that I might have the ability to come in at that price range or well below, with somthing that otherwise would have cost 5-6 figures to make one of, that looks like it should cost way more than the $2k to $3K stuff that is out there. But then again.. even if I could do it for $1000 (or even less)... there still may not be a market out there for it. That's part of why I'm asking these questions. :) But I'm glad you love it.. ;) Looks like I may have a second beta tester.. ;) To me, as I would assume it to be for most people, it doesn't come down to what I think a device like that would be worth, but to what I actually have in my budget to spend on it. This is the kind of thing that, should I be a multi-millionaire, I would have no doubt about wanting, even if it meant having it custom build at whatever price they'd charge me for it. However, sadly, that is not my reality. And even in the most opportune circumstances it is just very unrealistic to assume that I would ever be in a financial situation where I could blow a couple grand on something like this. Especially not seeing that, when considering what I would budget on equipment, I'd rather go with quantity and have a lot of versatile toys that aren't too complicated but diverse in their usage instead of going with expensive, highly specialized pieces. The only place I could think of that might have the funding, materials, workshop and personal to try and put a design like this into reality is a company like kink.com, who pride themselves in always finding new, unusual and beautiful equipment, often making a lot of it themselves, and who have the workshop and the knowhow to actually make a lot happen. You could try contacting them and see if there is any interest in some of the designs you have. I wish you well, ishy
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