why do companies over price

[.Gerrit]

nice pic rob.

 

[Dom Marconi]

sounds like it costs 50$

CNC machines cost about $75 an hour to run, and seeing as it only would take about 5-8 minutes to router out those two things, that would equal out to about 6-10 bucks.

 

[Dylan Crane]

http://www.danscomp.com/353022.php?cat=PARTS bmx fork is 89.99
http://www.luckyscoot.com/scooter-forks/lucky-smx-fork/ scooter fork is 84.99 with color
its really dumb and it cost more to make the bike fork

 

[Dylan Crane]

http://www.danscomp.com/353022.php?cat=PARTS bmx fork is 89.99
http://www.luckyscoot.com/scooter-forks/lucky-smx-fork/ scooter fork is 84.99 with color
its really dumb and it cost more to make the bike fork

 

[humpurple kushiones]

the scooter fork is cnc'd. cnc machines are soooo damn expensive (to buy, proto has their own machine and lucky probably does too, someone has to pay for it and the money had to come from somewhere.) , the price is kinda justified.

i dont see why people are bitching. this is the type of economy we have, people need to make a profit in order to live and keep the business going. yes people need profit, if not then theres no incentive to owning and running a company. the parts may be pricey but they arent something normal riders will be buying every week. until the world moves on to a resource based economy or something similar to that, we will just have to deal with it.

 

[alexscooter]

ive always wanted to know what a cnc machine is and wat its used for

 

[humpurple kushiones]

http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/t...nch-Lathes-google_pr&infoParam.campaignId=T9F

cuts metal into what you want it to be.
thats 31,000 dollars. if a company buys one of those and sells their stuff for 10 bucks they will never make a profit and go out of business.

 

[alexscooter]

so for the P cutouts on integrated decks they use a cnc machine?
HOLY SHIT 31 K!

 

[humpurple kushiones]

so for the P cutouts on integrated decks they use a cnc machine?
HOLY SHIT 31 K!

pretty sure they use a cnc to shape the whole headtube, including the p. the p doesnt make a difference in the price at all, well maybe like a dollar or less if that.

 

[Devin Parker]

haha anthony thats true

 

[Noah Scoots]

PPL charge to much for labor

 

[humpurple kushiones]

PPL charge to much for labor

it's called profit, and if you had a company you would be trying to make profit too. why do work for nothing? i realize thom cat is apparently non profit, and if he is then thats great for him and he has my utmost respect, but you can't expect everyone to do work for very little money. you wouldnt go to work everyday if you were getting paid 25 cents an hour would you?

 

[Devin Parker]

haha i cant believe that the integrated tsi flight deck is only gonna be 130...amazing lol

 

[.Gerrit]

PPL charge to much for labor

Kay then, go work at mickey d's for 1 buck an hour. have fun.

 

[dpnelson31]

i dont see why people are bitching. this is the type of economy we have, people need to make a profit in order to live and keep the business going. yes people need profit, if not then theres no incentive to owning and running a company. the parts may be pricey but they arent something normal riders will be buying every week. until the world moves on to a resource based economy or something similar to that, we will just have to deal with it.

Capitalism (keeping the company alive). Basic economics (supply and demand).
Good point Anthony, and other previous posts

 

[ztkAZ]

the scooter fork is cnc'd. cnc machines are soooo damn expensive (to buy, proto has their own machine and lucky probably does too, someone has to pay for it and the money had to come from somewhere.) , the price is kinda justified.

i dont see why people are bitching. this is the type of economy we have, people need to make a profit in order to live and keep the business going. yes people need profit, if not then theres no incentive to owning and running a company. the parts may be pricey but they arent something normal riders will be buying every week. until the world moves on to a resource based economy or something similar to that, we will just have to deal with it.

Proto doesnt have one.

 

[humpurple kushiones]

Proto doesnt have one.

Murphy - " I work at the Proto CNC machine shop making all the wheels, decks, headtubes and clamps."
http://www.scooterresource.com/?p=870
and ive seen pics of their cnc.

 

[Schnookyz]

Companies do it because they can. Go look at the your scooter thread. People are clearly buying their products. It's also not about the materials used in the manufacturing. In fact, that is usually the least of their costs. The cost of labor, renting the machinery, the location used to produce all of these items all while keeping it so that the company is on a steady upward trend in terms of income? $#!T aint cheap.

I say, get a job, get what you need to ride, and ride.

 

[ztkAZ]

Murphy - " I work at the Proto CNC machine shop making all the wheels, decks, headtubes and clamps."
http://www.scooterresource.com/?p=870
and ive seen pics of their cnc.

Thats why the proto deck was held back cause theyre machinist is having problems at his shop?

 

[humpurple kushiones]

Thats why the proto deck was held back cause theyre machinist is having problems at his shop?

which would be murphy.