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It's coming...! 1UP Arcade sneak peek :)
SOAPboy:
--- Quote from: pointdablame on October 31, 2004, 10:13:23 am ---Wow, this is a damn shame. It's really sad how people are ripping on 1UP here. Saying "no offense" or "dont take it personally" doesn't change what you are doing.
1UP is starting up this company from scratch. Some people in this thread obviously have NO CLUE about business. Why don't you try to get a patent, set up a production facility or chain, pay for storage, electicity, materials, overhead, shipping, etc etc, and then <auto-censored> about his prices.
Seriously... if you don't like his prices, go make your own cab for less money.... 1UP is one of us, he builds his own cabs too. If you wanna go build your own for a third of his price, go for it. Go build a corvette for $15K if you want too... some people just don't have the ability to do so. Those are the people that will buy a car or be interested in a cab like this.
I mean, think of it this way.... if 1UP could sell these cabs for 50-200% profit at say $1800 or $2000 or some such, don't you think he would? He would completely destroy the competition. He's only doing what every other buisiness on this planet does. An xbox modding service is NOT a business... I build computers for family/friends/acquaintances and usually charge say $50-100 above cost to put it together.... that doesn't make me a business and doesn't mean that Alienware should charge $50 above cost.
1UP - Good luck with your venture, I know its a huge risk starting up a business, especially in such a niche market. I personally (and unfortunately for me) can't afford one myself, but I don't think there is anything wrong with your price. You're offering a unique product and I can only assume it will be a high quality product after seeing the original Pac-Mamea.
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yeah all that was me, and tbh, i dont care what you or anyone else thinks about what i was thinking or what i said.. truth be told, im not a huge fan of overinflation, now if im way underestimating the cost of his cost + profit, so be it, and he can gladly hit me up on aim or email me and me and him can talk it over so maybe ill understand why things are so expensive..
regardless, everyone says HES PAYED SO MUCH SETTING UP A BUIS BLA BLA, do you not think i understand that? my family runs casinos for a living, i understand the "cost" of starting a buisness.. you dont pass that cost to customers
--- Quote from: deadmoney5 on October 31, 2004, 10:47:47 am ---I was just reading the argument between Soapbox and 1-Up...
Soapbox comes out with...
--- Quote ---maybe i just have moral issues with charging people insane ammounts of money for something..
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but then I read this from him..
--- Quote ---its like my computer buisness and xbox modding i do
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What do you think all these people who are modding their x-boxes are doing? 99% are making illegal copies of games and playing them on their modded x-box...No morality issues with that, Soapbox?
Don't get me wrong..I don't care either way, but I just thought this was funny ;D
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I dont care what people do with the product after it leaves my hands.. thats not my business nor does it effect my life in any way shape of form..
and its soapboy.. not box/
Xiaou2:
Well, the design is nice, but for 3000... its a little out of control.
I think the main problem lies in the fact that you are making these in ca. where everything is expensive.
You should look into having them done somewhere else... maybe like pa. where theres plenty of wood, and costs arnt so high.
Hanhos prices are pretty high... and has been complained about many times. And really, if you look at other cabinet 'entertainment centers' you can see that most are well more affordable that that. Obviously, theres a bit more parts.. but I cant imagine 2000$ more.
There are the wealth extreme that will buy.
All Others... grab your tools and BYO : )
1UP:
--- Quote from: SOAPboy on October 31, 2004, 08:39:00 pm ---[regardless, everyone says HES PAYED SO MUCH SETTING UP A BUIS BLA BLA, do you not think i understand that? my family runs casinos for a living, i understand the "cost" of starting a buisness..
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Ah, the most overinflated business of them all, casinos. So your family probably really gives their customers what's "fair", right? It must be the only casino where you're guaranteed to walk out with something to show for the thousands spent, and the machines aren't rigged to rob you blind. Gotcha bro. ;)
My machines might be expensive, but playing with them won't leave you laying in the gutter, or being chased down by loan sharks...
SOAPboy:
--- Quote from: 1UP on October 31, 2004, 09:29:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: SOAPboy on October 31, 2004, 08:39:00 pm ---[regardless, everyone says HES PAYED SO MUCH SETTING UP A BUIS BLA BLA, do you not think i understand that? my family runs casinos for a living, i understand the "cost" of starting a buisness..
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Ah, the most overinflated business of them all, casinos. So your family probably really gives their customers what's "fair", right? It must be the only casino where you're guaranteed to walk out with something to show for the thousands spent, and the machines aren't rigged to rob you blind. Gotcha bro. ;)
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acually, all the MACHINES in the casinos he run, are set to a 70% payout.. and i can attest to it accually paying out.. out of the 20 bucks i blew there on the 3 machines i played, litterally every 3rd or 4th play id win SOMETHING, be it a free spin, or a few bucks...
HUGE payout is totally random.. a machine could hit 3 times in an hour..
id consider 70% it fair odds for a possible 5+ winning payoff for a quarter..
paigeoliver:
Ah, gambling, the most dishonest business there is in the entire world. Theft is more honest than running a casino, because at least most theives won't rob the same person twice.
I assume you are at least taking advantage of your casino connection to pick up some free cabinets and monitors right? SOME casino cabinets make excellent mame cabinets.