INFLATED KNIFE PRICE MARKETING - Who is the winner?

[RedLynx]

I had in mind typical guy, "an expert" that for him was price of the knife too low,to be interested in...

Same product added few hundred bucks on top,plus "secret ingredience" into steel making it bit stronger,makes him very interested and convinced its the best of the best of the best of the best.....

Thats what i addressed

Thanks for clarifying what you meant later in the thread (I've since read the rest of it.)

But the problem remains, regarding the bolded part. The typical guy, at least in regards to the products we discuss, doesn't hang out here. The typical guy already went to Wal-Mart and bought a 3-pack of folding knives and an extra machete, all for the price of a fancy dining experience.

(By the way, nothing wrong with that, buy what you like and what works. I've seen some okay knives at Wal-Mart in the past).

As marcinek has pointed out, it's we here on the forum, very much not the typical guys, who are interested in the heat treat, the latest super steels, or those "secret ingredients" to make it the best of the best. So this question poses the paradox of:

Not really being directed at the appropriate audience

and

Not really being answerable by the appropriate audience

We here who are not the typical guys will care about all of that stuff (or variations of it) and those who are typical guys will not, and your question will only confuse and become asinine.

I am very much a typical guy in other areas though. Cars, cell phones, etc. I'm sure various enthusiasts could tell me 100 secrets I don't know about any number of things I use in a typical fashion.

 

[Jens Schuetz]

BTW what's bad about hype (assuming it's really only hype)
As long as the hype doesn't die the moment you payed for the knife the hype will help keeping up the value of your purchase or even increase it. So no real loss besides the upfront cost and that also only until you recover it by reselling the knife.

 

[TheMtnMan]

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I am always amused by these kind of threads. It happens on the gun forums also. "I think my Colt is the be all and end all of 1911's and anyone who buys a (Dan Wesson, Nighthawk, Wilson, Brown, etc.) is an idiot because they don't agree with me that these guns aren't worth the premium."

The only people who determine the value of a product are the buyer and the seller. No one holds a gun to either's head and makes them buy or sell. If they both walk away happy then it is a good deal, period. No one else's opinion matters at all. This is called free market, or alternatively, liberty.

When I made a decision I want something, and am willing to pay the asking price to get it, it is absolutely none of anyone else's business, except for my wife who holds joint interest in the money paid.

What leads to these kinds of posts? Some possible reasons are:

- The kind of envy and jealously that says, "no one should be entitled to buy something that I myself can't afford or deem not worth it."

- An anxious need for affirmation by others of one's opinions. Another name for this is low self esteem.

- Just looking for a fight.

- A socialist political outlook that feels that anything anyone else does should require the approval of me or of people who share my opinions.

- A form of reverse snobbery.

I for one love my Busse knives and am too old and content to give a (insert desired expletive here) what others think about what knives I choose to buy.

On the other hand, I don't see a need for me to have more than one watch, and wouldn't dream of paying over about $150 for one. however, that opinion doesn't change the fact that
if someone else wants to have a daily rotation of several $10,000 watches it is none of my business at all.

I couldn't have word it better my self. I 100% agree