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@amirm said, if people are so convinced that this is absurd, and that it would not be difficult to sell this at $200 for a complete tone board + case, thus generating a $100 profit, they are welcome to do so.
But I doubt there will be any takers. And until there are, there really is no argument for the state of the retail market, since no one else seems to want to make easy money.
$200, or rather $220, not $100. The $350 price is an introductory sales price. Of course you purposefully omit to mention that.
Also, your argument is pretty terrible. So, I'm not allowed to criticize any product or their price, unless I can sell them cheaper personally? I guess I can't criticize a movie, without directing a better movie, criticize a football player without playing football better, or criticize a smartphone without engineering a better device. What are all us users in here doing on this forum, shitting on Schiit and their products, when we haven't gone out made our on products, proving that we can do a better job?
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@amirm You seem to conflate being able to build a DIY product at a cost much cheaper than an assembled product sold at retail with infrastructure, support, warranty
Ok, fine. Then we should also mention that the thing retails at $420, not $350, as you claim. That's an additional $70. Or that the Khadas board itself is being sold for a $100 consumer price; that's considerably more than what the supplier costs are. So here alone, $100 has been omitted by me, in my generous calculation of production cost. I am confident in speculating that it more than makes up for the supposed undervaluing you think I was doing...
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@amirm You know what I did? Bought the board and a DIY case. Because I talk with my wallet and find that product overpriced for what its worth to me. But I don't, in 100 years, think that it's close to a scam. It's just priced for someone who doesn't want to assemble it, wants a good looking case, and wants the convenience of it shipped to them, and is willing to pay for that convenience. And there exists a market for such a convenience.
TIL a case smaller than your hand, and putting a finished DAC (which they also make profit off of -- don't forget) in it, is worth the cost of $300. Apparently that's reasonable for people not bothering to do it themselves.
I better call my domestic PC hardware store, who took $80 in payment of putting together my desktop PC (that's up to 10 different components needing to be carefully put together by an individual, taking far longer time). $80 for the work + $70 for the ATX case I bought (hint; its size is much larger than a hand-sized case, and also more complex). Apparently I'm getting a bargain here. They guys should ask several hundreds more for their work! Also, I should note that "support, warranty and a brand name" are included in the their costs as well. Because, you know, stores usually never do that!