Actually Dodgie, while I can't tell for sure about certain things, it's just that I'm wary of your motives.
I mean, pricing is my prerogative, right ? In the same way that the purchase decision is the prerogative of the buyer. Why are you even making it an issue ? What exactly are your motives (well...if they were any ill intent, I don't expect you to tell me
) . Are you trying to peg it down so that it doesnt shoot beyond 3k ? Are you trying to pry into the perceived value of the thing ? Are you dredging up for reasons for people to NOT buy it beyond a certain price ? Or are you trying to manipulate me into a corner ? I don't know, really. Again, certain people bought titanium trem blocks of dubious value for much, much more than even 3k.
I don't know. Whatever the answer to those are, it still boils down to one thing : it's none of your business. Specially so that you have not yet formed your own personal opinion on the value of the Scalarizer, simply because you haven't heard one nor had one installed.
I'm not sure if you've worked in a corporate marketing environment, but whenever a market study is commissioned, which generally includes a price sensitivity matrix, the results of those studies are always CONFIDENTIAL. This is to allow the company to act and correct any negative matters that can be gleaned from the study.
But if you conduct that study HERE, the results, whatever they are will never be confidential. Whatever positives and negatives cannot be acted on discreetly because they have been disclosed from the get-go. And for that, the motives behind this kind of question are suspect. It's even possible that you're trying to embarass me in some way. No I don't know. Let's just say I'm on a "shields up" mode on this one.
To put the matter to rest, I don't recall hiring you to conduct a marketing study and price sensitivity for me. And certainly not here.
Why not just enjoy the here and now for now ? And this is the here and now: it's available, it works and it's cheap. Why waste your time conjecturing ?
But it's a free world. If you're doing this in preparation for some major offensive or collecting data or bullets, or just for stirring up plain tabloidal controversy as you're wont to do...then it's up to you. I can likewise choose whether I should, or should not be affected. Know why ? Because if it does hit the 3k+ price level, it only means that something really good happenned to me and I can afford to not heed the wishes of the local market
Fellow forumites, I ask you to just ignore this question. While I don't find it offensive, I do find it irritating and out of line.
Cheers !