Think Your Prices are High?

chuckinsocalchuckinsocal Registered Users Posts: 932 Major grins
edited June 12, 2008 in Mind Your Own Business
Look at these:

RollingSculpture.jpg


Two sales a month and I'd be thrilled to death.

This guy is good and I guess it's a rare car, but jeez!
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  • Moogle PepperMoogle Pepper Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2008
    ..wow!

    That's a lot of money for those!
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  • PineapplePhotoPineapplePhoto Registered Users Posts: 474 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2008
    Is he selling prints or scaled working replicas of the car?! eek7.gif
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  • kygardenkygarden Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2008
    Maybe if I priced my stuff that high it would generate some buzz/interest/curiousity and mystery :)Laughing.gif Or maybe it would just mean I'd never sell a thing. That's probably the answer.
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  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2008
    Well, some would say that those prices are cheap for art, but expensive for photos. Perhaps if you think of your work as art and not photography, you can sell a different product to a different buyer.

    Rolex doesn't sell watches. Watches are cheap. Rolex sells luxury and status. No one buys a Rolex to tell time, they buy it so others can see they are successful. There is a lesson in there somewhere I think.
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  • kygardenkygarden Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2008
    True. I guess that's the thing...are one's photos simply photos...or art? Subjective I suppose. Some may think art, others photos. People probably have a hard time figuring that out for their own photos - just like do you consider yourself a Pro or Amatuer selling a print or two now and then. Some are bold and say they're Pro if they sell anything where others resist the Pro label unless they're making a living at it. For me, I have a hard time calling myself Pro. Maybe some day I'll get to the point where I can sell enough to feel comfortable with a "Part-Time Pro" label. I do sell some...but not enough.
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  • mbellotmbellot Registered Users Posts: 465 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2008
    cmason wrote:
    Rolex doesn't sell watches. Watches are cheap. Rolex sells luxury and status. No one buys a Rolex to tell time, they buy it so others can see they are successful. There is a lesson in there somewhere I think.

    There sure is...

    If you want to tell time, save a couple grand and get a Timex. :D

    The second half of your thought falls under the "judging a book by its cover" rule. Assuming someone wearing a Rolex is successful is almost as smart as assuming someone wearing a $10 WalMart special isn't... :D
  • SavedByZeroSavedByZero Registered Users Posts: 226 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2008
    wonder how much a polaroid copy would run me??

  • bhambham Registered Users Posts: 1,303 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2008
    chuckinsocal wrote:
    Look at these:

    RollingSculpture.jpg


    Two sales a month and I'd be thrilled to death.

    This guy is good and I guess it's a rare car, but jeez!

    Chuck the screenshot alone must have set you back at least $100!!!
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  • ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2008
    Wow... that's crazy expensive!
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 9, 2008
    'Scuse me . . . just 'cause someone hangs a price tag on something, doesn't mean he's EVER sold one at that price. Maybe so, but I'm just makin' an observation.
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  • chuckinsocalchuckinsocal Registered Users Posts: 932 Major grins
    edited June 9, 2008
    You're right ... this thread is more about how he is pricing his work, not so much about what he's actually getting for his work, if anything.
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  • justusjustus Registered Users Posts: 145 Major grins
    edited June 12, 2008
    Car Photo
    Chuck,

    Does that price include the car? Dear God!!!!

    You're right....one or two sales like that a month, and we're golden!

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited June 12, 2008
    Man this guy desperately need Bugatti
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