Posted by RamboRogers 3 days ago
I’d be happy to pay $150 for this.
If you’re imagining you can take $30 worth of parts, sell the finished item for $60 or $90, and sustain that enterprise, it’s time to reconsider your business acumen.
For instance,
"lots of people have started with the idea that they could sell at retail for only 3-4x parts cost and failed"
or
"I have had personal experience trying (and failing) to drive down retail cost of electronics below this rule of thumb"
This last has the advantage of making the advice more personal.
Didn't have to make such a statement because I paid attention to people who knew what they were doing. If someone had been this "insulting" with my attempt to beat Craigslist, OTOH, I'd have saved $1.4 million of my own money. I'm happy to be "insulted" by people with more experience.
Honestly if you dressed it up a little you could probably charge quite a bit, it's just a matter of reaching that audience.
You mean, bricked?