Another aspect of pricing is consideration of a limited market. Making
up a replacement for the WBX AFM is a dead end street. It won't be good
for terribly long, as more and more vans drop from active use due to
mechanical problems, etc, etc. Soon enough there will be fewer and fewer
vans on the road. Won't be much demand for a replacement AFM in those
days. So price has to be set for the existing market plus the failing
market.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

tinker man wrote:
> Come on Scott, I was only joking...
> I was actually laughing at *us*, the vanagon addicts, not accusing
> anyone (better be careful with jokes sometimes, less someone might
> mis-interpret...).
> Actually, I think the high cost stems from the high development costs
> they payed to their developer, not just the actual parts. And all you
> said about the free market is obviously quite correct.
> cheers,
> TM
>
> On 9/24/07, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> When you actually know that their 695 unit only costs them say 150 bucks,
>> and it's excessive mark up, fine, then you can call it a 'rip off' .
>> Like is a 150,000 dollar new Mercedes Benz a 'rip off' just because it's
>> expensive ?
>> I make and sell parts sometimes......so I have an idea what goes into
>> pricing something.
>> Usually you have to make it high enough to be worth doing, but not so high
>> people won't buy it.
>> I doubt gowesty  ( though they seem a little expensive in general ) is
>> 'making a killing' or badly overcharging on these.
>> And you know the old law of supply and demand - if they price is too high
>> and the demand low, people don't buy.  You get to cast your vote by not
>> buying.
>>
>> Accusing something of being a 'rip off' because it costs more than you want
>> to pay - common man.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>> tinker man
>> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 2:23 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Replacement AFM technology
>>
>> Yep, it seems like we Vanagon addicts are ideal rip-off targets...
>> :-)
>>
>> On 9/23/07, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah and only $700!!
>>>
>>> To eliminate another "shortcoming" of the WBX motor.
>>>
>>> Starting to make a conversion look less expensive still.   :)
>>>
>>> On 9/23/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What about this solution?  has anyone tried it?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=804
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jake
>>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>>>
>>>
>>
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