Why are V-Cubes so expensive! (Looking for a 5x5)

[miniGOINGS]

I think that makes sense, I'll check into that.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Minimum wage in Greece is 740 Euros per month for workers, which is between 3-4 Euros an hour. In the US it is $7.25 an hour. In Canada it's between $8 and $10 CAD depending on the provence. In China, it's between ¥2.69 and ¥4.66 per hour.

Here it is in USD per hour:

-China: $0.39-$0.68
-Greece: $4-$5.5
-America: $7.25
-Canada: $7.45-$9.32

I see a little bit of a difference.

 

[koreancuber]

I got my V5 in a week for $35, including S&H.
It came in the headlight position in OLL.

Did you get it from www.v-cubes.com?

eBay.
Parents don't wanna order from Asia. And Greece isn't any different.

Thanks.

 

[yeee707]

Minimum wage in Greece is 740 Euros per month for workers, which is between 3-4 Euros an hour. In the US it is $7.25 an hour. In Canada it's between $8 and $10 CAD depending on the provence. In China, it's between ¥2.69 and ¥4.66 per hour.

Here it is in USD per hour:

-China: $0.39-$0.68
-Greece: $4-$5.5
-America: $7.25
-Canada: $7.45-$9.32

I see a little bit of a difference.

Well, that definitely is a difference. Why couldn't Verdes be Asian??? Just kidding, it's good that he's Greek.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Yea, but it would be more if he was North American. I love doing research.

 

[Zarxrax]

A v-cube 5x5x5 is like more than $40 to get shipped to the US, which I think is just obscene. The one we apparently aren't allowed to talk about only runs about $10, and has a nice feel, in my opinion.

I think if the V-cube company was serious about selling their stuff, they would offer a shipping method that doesn't cost as much as the product itself. Just my 2 cents.

You have obviously no idea how shipping works. Things don't just magically get transported to your house. A person has to physically take the package
from point A to point B. This costs money. $12 for shipping to get a package from Greece to the US in a week is a marvel of modern technology. Other places that offer "free" shipping just raise the price of the individual items to cover the shipping cost. If you would rather have v-cubes do that, then just pretend everything costs $12 more and they give you free shipping. Same difference.

If shipping only costed 12 bucks, I probably would have bought a v-cube a while back. But the actual cost to ship to me is closer to $20. It would cost me $45 to buy a V-cube5.
I think greece is a bit closer to where I live (east USA) than China is, but a chinese company can sell me a cube, SHIPPING PRICE INCLUDED, for $10, while the v-cube place is charging me twice that much for shipping alone?
Something doesn't add up.

 

[nlCuber22]

A v-cube 5x5x5 is like more than $40 to get shipped to the US, which I think is just obscene. The one we apparently aren't allowed to talk about only runs about $10, and has a nice feel, in my opinion.

I think if the V-cube company was serious about selling their stuff, they would offer a shipping method that doesn't cost as much as the product itself. Just my 2 cents.

You have obviously no idea how shipping works. Things don't just magically get transported to your house. A person has to physically take the package
from point A to point B. This costs money. $12 for shipping to get a package from Greece to the US in a week is a marvel of modern technology. Other places that offer "free" shipping just raise the price of the individual items to cover the shipping cost. If you would rather have v-cubes do that, then just pretend everything costs $12 more and they give you free shipping. Same difference.

If shipping only costed 12 bucks, I probably would have bought a v-cube a while back. But the actual cost to ship to me is closer to $20. It would cost me $45 to buy a V-cube5.
I think greece is a bit closer to where I live (east USA) than China is, but a chinese company can sell me a cube, SHIPPING PRICE INCLUDED, for $10, while the v-cube place is charging me twice that much for shipping alone?
Something doesn't add up.

:fp
I had no choice.

 

[(R)]

In my opinion, the Meffert's 5x5 and V-Cube 5x5 are the only ones worth the shipping cost. And really it is only the V-Cube, but the Meffert's are half decent.

Eastsheen, Rubik's and YJ are all terrible for speedsolving (in my opinion)

Chris... have you ever used a YJ for a longer period than just one comp, Don't base your views on ooh it sucks as a cube because its against the rules.

Who ever said I only used it once? And who said I didn't like it because it is 'against the rules'?

I think you are putting words into my mouth.

Is that a problem?

Of course it is. You can't argue against opinions/things I never said and claim I said them. It's not how it works.

It would be like me bashing Barack Obama, claiming that he thinks pedophiles are a gift to mankind, when he didn't say that at all.
Can you see how this would potentially cause a fault in my argument?

no...
enlighten me please...

 

[Muesli]

In my opinion, the Meffert's 5x5 and V-Cube 5x5 are the only ones worth the shipping cost. And really it is only the V-Cube, but the Meffert's are half decent.

Eastsheen, Rubik's and YJ are all terrible for speedsolving (in my opinion)

Chris... have you ever used a YJ for a longer period than just one comp, Don't base your views on ooh it sucks as a cube because its against the rules.

Who ever said I only used it once? And who said I didn't like it because it is 'against the rules'?

I think you are putting words into my mouth.

Is that a problem?

Of course it is. You can't argue against opinions/things I never said and claim I said them. It's not how it works.

It would be like me bashing Barack Obama, claiming that he thinks pedophiles are a gift to mankind, when he didn't say that at all.
Can you see how this would potentially cause a fault in my argument?

no...
enlighten me please...

He's saying that you're arguing on the assumption that he thinks something. Basically, you're arguing with yourself.

 

[(R)]

In my opinion, the Meffert's 5x5 and V-Cube 5x5 are the only ones worth the shipping cost. And really it is only the V-Cube, but the Meffert's are half decent.

Eastsheen, Rubik's and YJ are all terrible for speedsolving (in my opinion)

Chris... have you ever used a YJ for a longer period than just one comp, Don't base your views on ooh it sucks as a cube because its against the rules.

Who ever said I only used it once? And who said I didn't like it because it is 'against the rules'?

I think you are putting words into my mouth.

Is that a problem?

Of course it is. You can't argue against opinions/things I never said and claim I said them. It's not how it works.

It would be like me bashing Barack Obama, claiming that he thinks pedophiles are a gift to mankind, when he didn't say that at all.
Can you see how this would potentially cause a fault in my argument?

no...
enlighten me please...

He's saying that you're arguing on the assumption that he thinks something. Basically, you're arguing with yourself.

Oh Okay well then My work is done here if i'm talking to my self, I had no idea I was schitzo. Thanks Guys

 

[ChrisBird]

In my opinion, the Meffert's 5x5 and V-Cube 5x5 are the only ones worth the shipping cost. And really it is only the V-Cube, but the Meffert's are half decent.

Eastsheen, Rubik's and YJ are all terrible for speedsolving (in my opinion)

Chris... have you ever used a YJ for a longer period than just one comp, Don't base your views on ooh it sucks as a cube because its against the rules.

Who ever said I only used it once? And who said I didn't like it because it is 'against the rules'?

I think you are putting words into my mouth.

Is that a problem?

Of course it is. You can't argue against opinions/things I never said and claim I said them. It's not how it works.

It would be like me bashing Barack Obama, claiming that he thinks pedophiles are a gift to mankind, when he didn't say that at all.
Can you see how this would potentially cause a fault in my argument?

no...
enlighten me please...

He's saying that you're arguing on the assumption that he thinks something. Basically, you're arguing with yourself.

Oh Okay well then My work is done here if i'm talking to my self, I had no idea I was schitzo. Thanks Guys

I did not mean what he said, I mean that you cannot assume I think something, and then argue against it. If I do not really believe what you assumed I believed, then you are arguing against something that you didn't need to.

Ok, I say something "Void cubes are cool"
You assume I mean "Void cubes are cooler then all other puzzles"
So you begin to argue about other puzzles that are cooler then the void cube.

But in reality I did not think they were cooler then all other puzzles, I just said they were cool. Therefore your arguments made about other puzzles being cooler makes no difference as I never believed the void cube to be cooler then the rest to begin with.

Do you see what I mean?

 

[daniel0731ex]

In my opinion, the Meffert's 5x5 and V-Cube 5x5 are the only ones worth the shipping cost. And really it is only the V-Cube, but the Meffert's are half decent.

Eastsheen, Rubik's and YJ are all terrible for speedsolving (in my opinion)

Chris... have you ever used a YJ for a longer period than just one comp, Don't base your views on ooh it sucks as a cube because its against the rules.

Who ever said I only used it once? And who said I didn't like it because it is 'against the rules'?

I think you are putting words into my mouth.

you probably got the one with the eastsheen mechanism. i have one, andit's the worst 5x5 ever besides the rubrik's 5x5. However, the V-cube clone is a lot better than the eastsheen mech 5x5, so don't get confused between these two cubes.


i personally recommend QJ and Yonjung 5x5. since QJ and Meffert's is the exact same cube, you should go with the one with free shipping and cheaper price.
the Yonjung 5x5 may not be as good as the V-cube, but it has adjustable screws which makes the cube last a lot longer. the V-cube loosens up over time because it lacks the metal washers at the bottom of the center piece. As you use it, the sharp end of the spring scrapes away the plastic of the center, and eventually it becomes extremely loose. you will need to mod with adjustable screws so you could tighten it, but it takes a lot of work to do so. the Yonjung 5x5 already have adjustable screws, so why waste time on modding when you could get a more convienent one with just slightly inferior quality?

 

[(R)]

In my opinion, the Meffert's 5x5 and V-Cube 5x5 are the only ones worth the shipping cost. And really it is only the V-Cube, but the Meffert's are half decent.

Eastsheen, Rubik's and YJ are all terrible for speedsolving (in my opinion)

Chris... have you ever used a YJ for a longer period than just one comp, Don't base your views on ooh it sucks as a cube because its against the rules.

Who ever said I only used it once? And who said I didn't like it because it is 'against the rules'?

I think you are putting words into my mouth.

Is that a problem?

Of course it is. You can't argue against opinions/things I never said and claim I said them. It's not how it works.

It would be like me bashing Barack Obama, claiming that he thinks pedophiles are a gift to mankind, when he didn't say that at all.
Can you see how this would potentially cause a fault in my argument?

no...
enlighten me please...

He's saying that you're arguing on the assumption that he thinks something. Basically, you're arguing with yourself.

Oh Okay well then My work is done here if i'm talking to my self, I had no idea I was schitzo. Thanks Guys

I did not mean what he said, I mean that you cannot assume I think something, and then argue against it. If I do not really believe what you assumed I believed, then you are arguing against something that you didn't need to.

Ok, I say something "Void cubes are cool"
You assume I mean "Void cubes are cooler then all other puzzles"
So you begin to argue about other puzzles that are cooler then the void cube.

But in reality I did not think they were cooler then all other puzzles, I just said they were cool. Therefore your arguments made about other puzzles being cooler makes no difference as I never believed the void cube to be cooler then the rest to begin with.

Do you see what I mean?

Yes, thanks chris you're the best

 

[MichaelErskine]

V-Cubes are more expensive because they're "better", and "better" here is quite subjective: Verdes Intl. has the right to charge whatever they want for their products and that right is their moral right as they are the ones who invested years of design and development on this line of puzzles. Knock-offs are a soulless pox

If you don't give a rat's ass about what's right then just get whatever you want. You can pick up a non-KO 5x5x5 real cheap on popbuying, DX, focalprice, ebay, etcetera. and some are OK. I stand by genuine V-Cubes though - they did really well getting their product to a worldwide market - and if I have to save up by not spending my money on some other crap then it's worth the wait to me.

 

[attomo]

if v-cube is to much get a yj 5x5x5 (upgrade edition) only comes in black but at just over $10 including shipping, cant go wrong. (I do have a v-cube 5 and yj before you rage at me, they are similar feel and adjustable core on yj is good.)

 

[ianini]

Just buy a authentic V-Cube 5x5. It's worth it.