$50 bags. Seriously.

SergeyKozlov · Post by **SergeyKozlov** » 11 Jun 2008 10:17

The actual price of footbag (the charge of materials and fabric) is less then 5$
It's not a bag plays or feels grate, it's a player (unless the thing that he use is somehow reminds footbag)

The rest of price is just bitching

mc · Post by mc » 11 Jun 2008 10:19

Sergey,

I agree that the player does the moves, not the bag.

I understand how you feel. That's not how I feel. I wish it didn't seem so much like bitching to you.

SergeyKozlov · Post by **SergeyKozlov** » 11 Jun 2008 10:40

Footbag is not a sport of white collarets, so bags can cost 40-50 bucks

me or any other constant stitcher can make up to 3 bags a day easy. so if we all will rise the prise to 50$ we can get like 150$ a day?

Matt, i was't talked bout you concrete

calemccoy · Post by **calemccoy** » 20 Sep 2008 03:06

well, i have a completely dead funk bag i got from a trade w/ zac miley, and loved it while i played with it. so, aside from all the discussion of wether it is fair to ask this much.... i would like to order a 50 dollar footbag from you fletch... what colors do you have?

Wumbo · Post by **Wumbo** » 21 Sep 2008 14:49

50$ for a footbag is too much. it doesnt matter if the sticher is retired, earns more money at work or reads the newspaper. its still a footbag and unless you put some gold pieces in it i wouldnt buy it. if you dont want to stich, then why you still do? but hey, get as much as you can get for it...

Matt wrote:

I've raised my prices by $5 recently, partially inspired by fletcher's logic, also inspired by gas prices. It takes me a while to stitch, I think I make bags that play great, and I need adequate compensation if I'm going to take my time to do it.

thats interesting you need some "inspiration" for highering your bag prices. i dont like the argumentation "ah ye now that he says it, hes right im following" because this may lead to lack of understanding on the buyer-side. if everyones doing it this will end in super high prices. i mean there are thousand reasons to make a bag more expensive (my cat needs a new toy) but a big one to set a fair price: good price=more buyers=more support for the community. dont you think it should be affordable for the majority? you will even be more rewarded like that. i think that every sticher should keep that in mind and not make it too commercial.

effort must be rewarded. so if you think your quality is really great then its a different story. the queen of bags must have its price no questions. so please dont get me wrong fletch, i have flechter bag and its one of my choice bags and yes, it has good quality. maybe i get you wrong and you just want to make a good offering to your fans, maybe this is a big misunderstanding. but selling bags at 35$, retire, come back and say "ill still do for 15$ more" sounds odd to me. but well, let the customer decide this.

now you can throw ur tomatoes.

mc · Post by mc » 21 Sep 2008 15:18

heh, well, doesn't matter much anyway, because I brought my price back down to $30. I stopped making sales

so looks like I've gotta go with what works!

at least I've got my time down, that helps.

matt

funklovesfootbag · Post by **funklovesfootbag** » 22 Sep 2008 14:45

Cale, I think I'm done stitching altogether sorry, I would post about it but I'm busy/lazy.

I only have that one teenage mutant ninja turtle bag left (my personal bag, probably the coolest bag I have ever made.)

I can't decide if I want to sell it, give it away, or make some other competition to see who gets it. Any thoughts?