I personally hope that Busse and Swamp Rat never become cookie-cutter companies that try to do business just like everyone else. I for one always enjoyed the circus.
And Gillean is exactly right. "The problem is supply and demand. Swamp Rat is essentially selling their knives below the market value." If price is constrained below the price the market will bear, shortages are the inevitable result at any level of production. Any Econ 101 student knows this.
So anyone who wants Swamp Rat to raise prices high enough to bring demand in line with present production, raise their hand now.
Or they could add people and facilities as necessary to solve the problem, and probably destroy a lot of the essence of what Swamp Rat is about in the process. Heck, I'll bet they could even get a contract with Wal-Mart!
Every one of us has a vote on how Swamp Rat runs it's company. That vote is exercised every time we make a purchase decision. Right now, I hardly ever buy a non-Busse or non-Swamp Rat knife, so they have my vote.
And Gillean is exactly right. "The problem is supply and demand. Swamp Rat is essentially selling their knives below the market value." If price is constrained below the price the market will bear, shortages are the inevitable result at any level of production. Any Econ 101 student knows this.
So anyone who wants Swamp Rat to raise prices high enough to bring demand in line with present production, raise their hand now.
Or they could add people and facilities as necessary to solve the problem, and probably destroy a lot of the essence of what Swamp Rat is about in the process. Heck, I'll bet they could even get a contract with Wal-Mart!
Every one of us has a vote on how Swamp Rat runs it's company. That vote is exercised every time we make a purchase decision. Right now, I hardly ever buy a non-Busse or non-Swamp Rat knife, so they have my vote.