I will not own one of these but they do look awesome!
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Precision machined spinning tops...the latest trend!
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kronin323
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Dang. So much for my goal of getting an example of each design he puts out (starting with the navigator, when I jumped on this crazy train). One, I'm not in the group. Two, even if I was, the chance of winning one of the SUS would be slim. Three, I ain't paying $900 for a top.
Guess I'll just have to admire these from afar...
kronin323
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For me, whether or not the price is justified doesn't matter. It's more personal, whether or not I'm willing to spend that much on a top, regardless of what the top is. And that one's above my ceiling. Same reason why I expect I'll never buy a C6 - regardless of what it is and what it's worth, that more than I'm willing to pay for a pair of sunglasses. Tops or sunglasses, I don't resell stuff so these aren't investments, they're purchases. Already I've paid $300 for tops and $600 for sunglasses, and that's about as crazy as I'll get.
And again, even if I was willing to drop that sort of coin I wouldn't have the opportunity. If he does a production run of 40 tops and his FB group is 4900 people, only 0.8% of those people will be able to buy them. Less than 1%. I'm sure there's enough people in that group with the will and the means to sell out the production run, despite the price.
To be clear (because text is so impersonal), there's no gripe or disagreement here. I'm neither complaining nor have any hard feelings, just expressing why one of these is not for me. It's a great looking top and if its price and availability was in my range I'd certainly go for it. Instead, I'll hang around waiting for the next one.
And no that wasn't directed at me...
So what your saying is no $1000 C-6 for you?For me, whether or not the price is justified doesn't matter. It's more personal, whether or not I'm willing to spend that much on a top, regardless of what the top is. And that one's above my ceiling. Same reason why I expect I'll never buy a C6 - regardless of what it is and what it's worth, that more than I'm willing to pay for a pair of sunglasses. Tops or sunglasses, I don't resell stuff so these aren't investments, they're purchases. Already I've paid $300 for tops and $600 for sunglasses, and that's about as crazy as I'll get.
And again, even if I was willing to drop that sort of coin I wouldn't have the opportunity. If he does a production run of 40 tops and his FB group is 4900 people, only 0.8% of those people will be able to buy them. Less than 1%. I'm sure there's enough people in that group with the will and the means to sell out the production run, despite the price.
To be clear (because text is so impersonal), there's no gripe or disagreement here. I'm neither complaining nor have any hard feelings, just expressing why one of these is not for me. It's a great looking top and if its price and availability was in my range I'd certainly go for it. Instead, I'll hang around waiting for the next one.
And no that wasn't directed at me...
kronin323
Font of Useless Knowledge
So what your saying is no $1000 C-6 for you?
Not an aluminum one. A carbon one for that price I'd have to seriously think about, though... but I'm not knee-jerk saying I would. Spending $1K on a pair of sunglasses is still spending $1K on a pair of sunglasses, even if it is 88% less than market value. If you have no intent to resell, at least.
kronin323
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Note to self: Kronin is out.
Note to self: Vlad ain't Santa Claus...
