Will you pay 60 dollars for the CamCuber Zhanchi?

[TomWood]

No. Hell, I just spent a little over $60 on just 2 pairs of jeans alone. Even with the price mark down, my money can be spent in better use.
I fail to see what's so special about his technique and I hope Cameron reveals such information because it could in fact, be special. However, I'm perfectly content with a $13 cube that I take the time to lube and break in myself.

I'm not knocking Cameron for wanting to sell it though. If he truly believes there are people willing to fork out that kind of cash and those people do so, then good for him. I, as well as many others just aren't willing to pay for a service that one can do on their own for free.

Extremely fair comment I agree

[jonlin]

lol the poll response is a pretty overwhelming no. However, if I was camcuber, I'd still produce it and sell it for 60. It would be worth it just for the two suckers in this thread....and if they both write positive reviews, you might be able to get sucker #3 to follow suit.

Good job. A sucker with the Youtube name of youcuber1 said he bought one.
He was pretty proud of it too...

[BlackStahli]

i remember back when the lubix elite was going in the $100s and it still sold :P
maybe cameron's doing a similar thing here?

[camcuber]

I will try to summarize this one last time in this post to hopefully clear this up, I will start off by addressing the price of this cube. I originally posted this cube for such a high retail because yes, it does take me quite some time to fully produce one of these items but also because it was intended for those people who genuinely wanted this item (there were few who did purchase it for it's original price but were refunded the additional cost once the drop occurred). This cube wasn't necessarily designed to be something that you would see even 2/10 people using at a competition because I did not intend it to become "mass-produced" rather a specialty cube that was requested by some cubers who I have met. I know that there are ways in which I can cut down time and therefore the price of this cube but I was currently working with what I had at the time, assembled ZhanChi's. I actually am not looking to cut costs per say because I would not be able to keep up with orders for this cube assuming it was popular once the price was more around the $20 mark. This cube is 90% going to be a limited time product that will only be sold throughout the summer while I do not have school. I am not blaming my time constraints on chores or personal things but I am saying that they do have a substantial part in my life such as running SpeedCubeShop does. I am once again sorry that I seem to have offended so many of you with this cube but don't worry, it will be off the market in due time and then you won't have to worry about the price of it. Thanks to those who have placed your orders, I am currently preparing your cubes for shipment and hope that you enjoy them.

[insane569]

So how many ways is there to lube a simple 3x3 cube? Can't be that many. Seems everyone nowadays has their own "special technique".

[PhillipEspinoza]

lol people complaining about a product they haven't even bought, criticizing that it's nothing special, then demanding that Cameron share that not so special secret with the world. Surely your lives, or lack thereof, will continue regardless of the price of Cameron's cube.

The mistake might've been putting it on the website which led people to believe that it would be sold to a lot of people instead of a select few.

If you know Cameron you know he's not trying to pull one over on anyone. Do you know how many times he donates prizes to competitions he goes to? How much cheaper his cubes are generally than other shops? He's doing a favor for the Community by providing a (SoCal) local cube shop for newbies and experts alike. Of course he makes some profit off it but that doesn't mean that's the only reason he's in it. He's not some big corporation with tons of people working for him, just him and his family, in their spare time. If he has a special technique that he doesn't wanna reveal for free then that's on him, but it doesn't make him necessarily selfish or greedy. I know some cubers who don't believe in sharing every single technique they have, but that doesn't make them selfish. Sure a lot of cubers in the community feel compelled to share information that could help the community but it doesn't make you an ass if you don't share an idea. Cameron's way of giving back to the Community is his shop and that's good enough for me.

[aronpm]

Charging $35/$60 for a 3x3 is not "giving back to the community". It's called a scam.

[maxyso]

Charging $35/$60 for a 3x3 is not "giving back to the community". It's called a scam.

actually not really, because a scam is like fraud. and he is actually doing what he says. its just expensive. its like you didn't read the thread.

[shelley]

Nobody's accusing him of being dishonest. Just maybe overvaluing his time and/or skill.

[PhillipEspinoza]

Nobody's accusing him of being dishonest. Just maybe overvaluing his time and/or skill.

Charging $35/$60 for a 3x3 is not "giving back to the community". It's called a scam.

It's also inherent in calling people "suckers" for buying his cube, as if Cameron is deliberately trying to pull one over on people. The price represents what he thought was fair, and if you disagree with what he thinks is fair then it's fine to say so.