Will you pay 60 dollars for the CamCuber Zhanchi?

[MalusDB]

We have to pay 60 dollars for a cube because camcuber have to do chores at home and he doesn't really have time to assemble cubes. We dont care.
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This is exactly the feeling I got as soon as I read his response. Camcuber, you can't use issues of time constraints originating from your private life as an excuse as to why something in your business is more expensive. Leave your **** at the door when you go to work.

What makes your cube so different from any other on the market anyway? This "lubing" is merely mentioned. If you want to gain some confidence from your potential maket you're gonna have to be a bit more open.

[musicninja17]

No. Buy a $14 zhan-chi and mod it yourself. It will take a short amount of time, but you bond with it because you made it. Only you can adjust it fully to how you like. After each edge mod, you take a feel of it and decide what you want to do from there.

[qqwref]

Wouldn't it save him time to get an unassembled DIY kit and then sticker it directly without having to remove old stickers? Surely assembling a cube is faster than removing stickers and goop... or is there an obvious reason camcuber isn't doing this?

[Bob]

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.

[JackJ]

Sure it's overpriced. But it's not like he's making us buy it. Please everyone, quit bashing.

[Stefan]

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

If they're serious, they truly are suckers. Note that apparently ...

I have also lowered the price to $29.99

Lol at poll results. 49:0

... they said they'd be willing to pay 60 after the price had dropped to 30.

If I was desperate for business wouldn't the price be lower? I have lowered it now

lol

[Meep]

If stickering takes so long, I'd imagine people wouldn't mind if he just shipped a cube and a sticker set for people to apply themselves (If his time costs as much as it does).

[shelley]

Yeah, it's fine to mark something up for time spent but close to $50 for 1 hours work? That's a hellava wage you'd be earning.

I'm not even earning $50/hour and my job requires a college degree and specialized education. Stickering/modding a cube should be comparable to minimum wage work. Hell, the assembly of complex electronic equipment is worth less than that.

Side note: I remember the days when assembling, lubing and modding your own cube was a rite of passage for cubers. Like a Jedi having to build his own lightsaber to complete his training.

But what bothers me most is not the price itself but this special lubing/tensioning method that is apparently worth so much. If it's so good, why not share it with the community? We've always been open about the exchange of ideas. That's the whole point of this forum, and without it our community would never have grown at the rate it has. Is this going to change? How would you feel if you had to pay $50 to learn about a new method or access a certain set of algorithms?

[Godmil]

How would you feel if you had to pay $50 to learn about a new method or access a certain set of algorithms?

Snyder Method 3

[Owen]

Totally. I'd throw any amount of money at that work of art.